SINGAPORE – Singapore’s fifth wastewater reclamation plant has been opened, which together with four existing facilities means NEWater can now meet 40% of Singapore’s total daily water demand.
The 228,000 m3/day project has been delivered by BEWG International, a subsidiary of Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited and UES Holdings, under a Design-Build-Own-Operate (DBOO) contract awarded in 2014.
It is one of six DBOO projects between national water agency PUB and the private sector, the others being the SingSpring Desalination Plant, Tuaspring Desalination Plant, Keppel-Seghers Ulu Pandan NEWater Plant, SembCorp NEWater Plant, and the recently announced desalination plant that will be built in Marina East (read story).
NEWater (high-grade reclaimed water) is one of Singapore’s Four National Taps, along with local catchment water, imported water and desalinated water.