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May 4, 2010
Newater to meet 40% needs
2020 goal part of effort to be self-sufficient in water, says SM Goh
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The $180 million plant will supply 50 million gallons of water daily. -- PHOTO: SEMBCORP
NEWATER will play a bigger role in meeting Singapore's water needs over the next decade. By 2020, this reclaimed water will meet 40 per cent of Singapore's water needs, up from the current 30 per cent. The move is in line with the Government's aim to be completely self-sufficient in water by 2061, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday, when he opened Singapore's fifth and largest Newater factory in Changi.
Designed, built and operated by listed company Sembcorp Industries, the $180 million plant will supply 50 million gallons of water daily. To achieve the 40 per cent target, another 75 million gallons per day will have to be produced, said Mr Goh. Together with the supply from the four earlier plants - in Ulu Pandan, Kranji, Seletar and Bedok - Singapore's total Newater capacity in 2020 will hit 197 million gallons a day.
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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