SINGAPORE: Singapore's fifth and biggest NEWater plant officially opened on Monday.
The Sembcorp NEWater Plant at Changi East Close has a total capacity of 228,000 cubic metres of NEWater per day.
The facility, together with the existing four NEWater plants, will enable NEWater to meet 30 per cent of Singapore's total water demand.
The Sembcorp NEWater Plant is probably the only large-scale water recycling plant in the world to be housed on top of a water reclamation plant, that is, the PUB-owned Changi Water Reclamation Plant.
This is a state-of-the-art used water treatment facility that collects and treats used water from the eastern half of Singapore. The treated used water is then channelled to the Sembcorp NEWater Plant on its rooftop to be further purified into NEWater.
This innovative plant-on-plant design facilitates large-scale water recycling, particularly in land-scarce Singapore. The facility's state-of-the-art microfiltration and reverse osmosis systems are also designed for optimum energy consumption.
The Sembcorp NEWater Plant is the winner of the Global Water Awards 2010 Water Reuse Project of the Year, which recognises the water reuse project representing the most significant achievement for the industry internationally.
