Kah Cheong Lai, PE

Senior Deputy Director
PUB

Engineer (Er.) Kah Cheong LAI is a Senior Deputy Director with the Water Supply Network (WSN) Department of PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency. He oversees a team responsible for the Planning, System Design and Development of the Water Supply Network Infrastructure to meet long term water demand as well as ensure reliable water supply for the whole of Singapore. His team also takes care of asset data management and technology development, focusing on Smart Water Grid (SWG) initiatives which leverage on sensors, digitalisation processes and predictive analytics to make network management more efficient.

Prior to this, he was in charge of the operation & maintenance of the water supply network, which includes surveillance and protection of pipelines, leak detection, asset and water quality management.

Presentation(s):

• Hydraulic Model Calibration for Water Distribution Networks using Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Time-Series Data

  Monday, May 22, 2023
  1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT

• Digital Twin Development and Application with Water Utilities’ Perspectives for Smart Water Grid Operation Management

  Tuesday, May 23, 2023
  10:30 AM – 10:45 AM PDT

• Development of acoustic data analysis software tool for near real-time anomaly detection

  Tuesday, May 23, 2023
  1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT

• Anomaly Event Localization in Water Distribution Networks via Integrated Hydraulic-Acoustics Analysis

  Tuesday, May 23, 2023
  1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT

• Anomaly Event Detection in Water Distribution Networks via Coupled Generic Hydraulic and Acoustic Data Analyses

  Tuesday, May 23, 2023
  3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT