Together with the existing four NEWater plants, the Sembcorp NEWater Plant will be able to meet 30 per cent of Singapore's total water demand, up from 15 per cent previously. -- PHOTO: SEMBCORP
SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong officially opened Singapore's fifth and biggest NEWater plant on Monday.
Together with the existing four NEWater plants, the Sembcorp NEWater Plant will be able to meet 30 per cent of Singapore's total water demand, up from 15 per cent previously. There are plans to expand capacity to meet 40 per cent of Singapore's total water needs by 2020, said SM Goh.
A winner of the Global Water Awards 2010 Water Reuse Project of the Year, the new facility is the only large-scale water recycling plant in the world to be housed on top of a water reclamation plant. It purifies treated used water from the Changi Water Reclamation Plant, which collects and treats used water from the eastern half of Singapore.
Introduced in 2003, NEWater plays an important role in Singapore's drive towards eventual self-sufficiency. Industrial demand for the recycled water has grown 15-fold, from 4 million gallons per day (or mgd) in 2003 to some 60 mgd today, said SM Goh.
He added: 'Because of our sustained efforts we have come a long way in water self-sufficiency. When the first of our two water agreements with Malaysia expires next year, we will not be renewing it.
'By 2061 when the second water agreement expires, we can also be totally self-sufficient if there is no new water agreement with Malaysia.
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