When looking back at this project, it is the completion of those two deals that stand out as the only successful accomplishments of CDM Development Corporation, a short-lived subsidiary of CDM that I led — all else failed. This is a story of the tail that wagged the dog. (Photo: Scottsdale CAP Water Treatment Plant Dedication, 21 February 1987. Left to Right: Patrick E. Gallagher, Hon. Herbert R. Drinkwater, and Paul R. Brown)

From my perspective, this annual conference brings together the water industry’s most dedicated community of change agents — working enthusiastically to disrupt the status quo. And at the same, it’s a very diverse group of change agents, representing water utilities, technology companies, and NGO’s.

In December 2014, the Singapore Economic Development Board partnered with The New Yorker magazine to publish another installment of its “Singapore Sessions” series. A PDF copy of the insert included in The New Yorker is available here. A complete transcript of the interview from which the published article was drawn follows: