Our Highlights

Throughout the years, Wateroam has received numerous accolades, garnered significant media attention, and attended multiple exhibitions and events. Continue scrolling to see a glimpse of our exciting highlights!

Press

Appearing in both local and worldwide media sources, Wateroam has amounted a long list of press features that include television spot lights, interviews and articles. View our Press page for a full list of the media attention we've received.

Celebrating Innovation on World Water Day - World Economic Forum
Wateroam is deeply thankful for the accolade as the top innovator of the Uplink-World Economic Forum Freshwater Challenge, helping us highlight our impact on marginalized communities around the world. As we celebrate World Water Day, let us take a moment to recognize and thank the grassroot members, local champions and relief workers who are working tirelessly to ensure that people have access to clean and safe drinking water. Their work is making a real difference in the lives of people around the world, and they deserve our gratitude and support.

The Myanmar Border is Intense - Indigo Traveller
Myanmar is facing extreme difficulties currently and has been for decades. In this video, Indigo Traveller travels along the border between Myanmar and Thailand and meets people who have been affected.
This video features the collective effort that Wateroam and our dear partner Safe Water for Every Child Myanmar was part of to provide safe drinking water to the affected communities along the Myanmar-Thailand Border.

This Singapore social enterprise brought clean water to more than 80,000 people
(CNA Luxury)

"If there were an antidote to the general climate of volatility and anxiety that weighs on our current epoch, Wateroam's success story might fit the bill. It's got all the requisite feel-good elements of altruism, plotted with a running theme of innovation in the face of instability."

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Innovative Cities: How Singapore is using technology to solve its water shortage
(CNN)

"We're going with a no-frills approach because we're looking at water as a basic problem and a basic commodity ... and as a result, we need basic technology to solve this problem," Pong said. "We want people who are laymen — not specialists or engineers — to be able to pick up this product and intuitively know how to use it."

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The ASEAN Issue 4 August 2020
(ASEAN Magazine, Page 37)

“Six years on, we’re still thirsty for more. Climate change is still one of the biggest threats, whether you believe it not, and underprivileged communities will feel the brunt of it. Wateroam is committed to developing technology that can help tackle this issue, and help improve the lives of those impacted. If we can have more collaboration, this problem could be well managed within our generation."

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The Road to Sustainable Water Access
(THINK Digest Magazine, Page 38 - 44)

"We must continue to be innovative to create clean water solutions that are dynamic, adaptable and sustainable in both rural and urban settings; the importance of accessible and affordable water cannot be underestimated. Until everyone has regular access to clean water, our world cannot flourish in the way Nature intended."

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Wateroam: Singapore's Clean Water Startup
(Hive Life Magazine)

"Wateroam’s end game is hidden in its name. The intention is to provide a watery equivalent to the data roaming on your phone: something accessible and connective, made possible thanks to not a phone provider, but instead a network of partnerships and a portable filter system. “Ultimately we want to make sure the end-users themselves are able to afford it,” says Chong Tee."

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Singapore enterprise Wateroam made a groundbreaking invention that swiftly brings clean water to rural and disaster-hit areas
(The Peak Magazine)

"Success for Wateroam goes far beyond deploying water filtration units — it means inspiring a global movement toward sustainable water access. Imagine a world where everyone is protected from waterborne diseases and empowered by knowledge surrounding water access and conservation. "

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Awards

Wateroam is constantly innovating to develop excellent products for positive impact, and we are extremely grateful for the recognition of our hard work. Visit our Awards page for a comprehensive list of the notable awards we've received.

Steward Leadership 25 2025 - Winner

SL25 is an annual listing of the 25 best projects of steward leadership excellence in the Asia-Pacific region. It is curated by Stewardship Asia Centre (SAC), Insead Hoffman Institute, global advisory firm WTW, and The Straits Times.

SAFE STEPS D-Tech Awards 2023 - Winner

The SAFE STEPS D-Tech Awards focuses on technology that can be applied either as a disaster-focus product or as part of the value chain that supports disaster early warning, preparedness, prevention, mitigation, relief, response or recovery.

Zayed Sustainability Prize 2022 - Winner

The Zayed Sustainability Prize is the UAE's pioneering global award that recognises and rewards small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), nonprofit organisations (NPOs), and global high schools with impactful, innovative, and inspiring sustainable solutions.

NUS Outstanding Young Alumni Award 2019 - Awardee

The Outstanding Young Alumni Award recognises alumni aged 40 and below who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields. We want to take this moment to celebrate with everyone who has put in tremendous time and effort to build Wateroam up as a force for good!

ASEAN Business Awards 2019 - Awardee for Startup & Innovation Driven Entrepreneur

The award is given to enterprises that have contributed significantly to the ASEAN region. Supant Mongkolsuthree, Chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries presented the award to Kalai from Wateroam. We are indeed proud to have received this prestigious recognition and thankful for you that made this possible for us.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2016 - Young Leaders (SDG 6: Water & Sanitation Representative)

We are proud that one of our co-founders was recognized for his outstanding efforts to achieve the Goals. With this, the team is committed to continuing this work to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 on clean water and sanitation.

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Events

Wateroam doesn't just attend events, we actively participates to share about our work, our technology and our impact. View our most recent events below and visit our Events page for a detailed list of where we've been!