​Eligibility (Main Category)

Students between 15 and 20 years of age from secondary ​schools, integrated programme schools, junior colleges, the Institutes of Technical Education and polytechnics.
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(Students shall not be less than 15 years or more than 20 years of age as at 1 June 2022)

​ Eligibility (U15 Category)

Students between 13 and 15 years of age from secondary schools and integrated programme schools.
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(Students shall not be more than 15 years of age as at 1 June 2022​)​​

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​Team Size​ (Main Category)

A maximum of two members per team.

Team Size​ (U15​ Category)

A maximum of two members per team. ​

Project Requirement

Projects must enhance the quality of life, through improvement of water quality, water resources management, water and waste water treatment as well as water education and social aspects of water. Projects may focus on local, regional, national or global topics. It is essential to adopt a research-oriented approach, that is, scientifically-accepted methodologies for investigation, experimentation, monitoring and reporting results, including statistical analysis. ​

SJWP 2022 will be theme-based. Teams are required to submit projects in the areas of:

1. Innovation

a. Climate Change

• • Addressing issues of Water shortage/scarcity
• • Increasing rainfall intensity/Flooding issues
• • Rising sea levels
• •​ Reducing CO2 emissions

b. Biotransformation / Address issues waterborne diseases / Enzymatic treatment of pollutants in water or wastewater

c. Digitalisation

d. ​Water Conservation for different sectors such as in the area of food sustainability (e.g., agriculture, aquaponics, hydroponics)

2. Public Education

a. Survey projects - with ​follow-up action implementation

3. Multidisciplinary ​(e.g., Business & Engineering students)

Project Submission

This will be in the form of a written report in English. The report should not exceed 20 pages, including illustrations, lists of references and appendices. Of the 20 pages, illustrations should not exceed 5 pages. The report should be single-sided, with one-and-half line spacing, and in Times New Roman (12 points). ​

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Poster 

With effect from SJWP 2019, a poster is required with the project submission.

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Judging Criteria

Distinguished experts from our universities, research institutions and the industry will be invited to judge the entries. The judging criteria are as follows: