Grundfos Water Environment Governance Experience Center settles in Fuzhou
Published Time:
2022-05-23
Grundfos, a global company providing water pump and water technology solutions, completed and unveiled the world's first digital experience center, the Grundfos Water Environment Governance Experience Center, in Fuzhou on August 8, focusing on showcasing integrated solutions for urban water environment governance. The completion of this center marks a significant milestone in Grundfos's more than 20 years of deep engagement in China, highlighting the Group's long-term commitment to serving China and assisting the country in tackling global water environmental challenges through its expertise.
As a platform showcasing the Group's history, brand, and culture, the Grundfos Water Environment Governance Experience Center integrates functions such as brand and history displays, product and technology solution analysis, digital interaction, meetings, and training. The center utilizes advanced technologies such as 3D cinema, virtual reality, and interactive touch screens to simulate urban water environments, showcasing new concepts, technologies, and applications for addressing water environmental challenges such as black and odorous water, water supply, and floods. It also reflects Grundfos's sustainable development philosophy, aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) and 13 (Climate Action).
Ms. Yang Yingfang, President of Grundfos China, stated: "We are delighted to establish the Grundfos Water Environment Governance Experience Center in Fuzhou. This is not only an important milestone in our active participation in Fuzhou's integrated water environment governance but also reflects our firm determination to continue assisting China in addressing water resource challenges. China is one of our important global markets, and we hope to establish a platform for sharing, communication, and interaction with governments, customers, and industry partners through the establishment of the Water Environment Governance Experience Center, using the Fuzhou experience as a basis to provide reference for black and odorous water treatment and integrated water environment governance in other regions of China."
Fuzhou's smart water management has achieved effective results in addressing water environmental challenges.
Since 2015, Grundfos has actively participated in Fuzhou's sponge city construction, working closely with the government and industry partners to customize and implement multiple integrated water system governance projects for Fuzhou. Through external sewage interception, water sources, and flood drainage, Grundfos has helped Fuzhou systematically address long-term challenges related to black and odorous water bodies, floods, and water supply. To date, Grundfos has provided Fuzhou with 20 sets of integrated prefabricated pump gates and more than 100 sets of integrated prefabricated pump stations, playing a crucial supporting role in Fuzhou's 7 water system governance projects. In 2018, Fuzhou was also named one of China's 20 model cities for black and odorous water management.
It is worth mentioning that in May 2018, Grundfos, together with its partners, participated in and delivered the integrated transformation pump gate project for the Fuzhou Gutai central area water system. This was a successful application in China of intelligent pump gate integrated transformation projects for flood control and water pollution control, promoting the development of Fuzhou's digital water management. Currently, the Chating River pump gate project has achieved gravity self-flow and drainage between the inner and outer rivers of the Chating River, as well as the function of supplementing water from the outer river to the inner river, eliminating black and odorous water bodies while meeting the water requirements of the urban landscape. A year later, through in-depth listening and understanding of market needs, Grundfos launched a bidirectional pumping pump gate in Fuzhou, continuing to adhere to the characteristics of land saving and investment optimization, further strengthening the connectivity, fluidity, and bidirectional hydrodynamic force of rivers. This system can be applied to rivers and waterways, pipelines and outlets, regulating tanks and sewage treatment plants, pump stations and sluice gates, further helping Fuzhou and even China to meet the challenges of water environment.
Yang Yingfang, President of Grundfos China, delivered a speech at the Grundfos Integrated Water Environment Governance Summit Forum.
Joining hands with think tanks to explore ideas and plan for the long term.
Taking the unveiling of the Grundfos Water Environment Governance Experience Center as an opportunity, Grundfos and the water research institution, Global Water Intelligence (GWI), officially released materials on "Giving Equal Importance to Quality and Efficiency, Addressing Both Symptoms and Root Causes: A Long-Term System Approach to Post-Governance of Black and Odorous Water Bodies." Addressing the challenges faced by current urban black and odorous water body remediation, combined with suggestions from experts in various fields and international river governance experience, the materials proposed five future development trends.
Grundfos and Global Water Intelligence (GWI) released relevant content on "China's Black and Odorous Water Body Governance".
It points out that after three years of governance, China's urban black and odorous water bodies have achieved significant results, but still face four challenges:
Lack of a systematic overall urban water environment governance plan.
Insufficient source control and interception, with a large amount of historical debt in supporting facilities.
Emergency single governance that addresses symptoms without addressing root causes.
Lack of long-term maintenance and management of water bodies.
In order to better address the above challenges and achieve the new national goal of basically eliminating black and odorous water bodies in urban built-up areas by 2021, five future development trends for strengthening and consolidating governance effects are proposed:
Systematization: From fragmented local governance of plants, networks, and rivers to integrated plant-network-river management.
Refinement: From plant-centric scale improvement to quality and efficiency improvement with equal emphasis on plants and networks.
Customization: From fixed solutions with one policy for multiple rivers to customized solutions with one policy for each river.
Digitalization: From passive pollution control to active pollution control with automatic control and risk warning.
Long-term Effectiveness: From addressing symptoms and emergencies to addressing both symptoms and root causes with long-term action.
Grundfos has been actively assisting China in addressing water environmental challenges for nearly 25 years since entering the Chinese market. Grundfos has accumulated rich experience in the development and cooperation of water environmental governance projects. Through deep participation in Fuzhou's sponge city construction and the battle to eliminate black and odorous water bodies, Grundfos continuously explores ideas, models, and solutions that meet the needs of urban water environment governance in China. In the future, Grundfos will continue to launch innovative solutions and share expertise in the field of water technology to achieve the grand goal of a beautiful China.
