More desalination, NEWater
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Jun 28, 2010 - Straits Times
More desalination, NEWater
by Grace Chua
IN THE next 50 years, Singapore will dramatically ramp up its desalination and NEWater capacity in a bid to become self sufficient in its water supply. Over the next half century, the nation's water demand is projected to double from 380 million gallons per day (mgd) to 760 mgd.
Most of it will be met by the increased production of the reclaimed used water NEWater, and desalinated water. These two forms of water currently meet only 40 per cent of the country's water needs.
By 2060, national water agency PUB aims to increase this proportion to 80 per cent, it announced on Monday evening at the Singapore International Water Week conference and trade show.
Singapore's two other sources of water are from catchment areas like reservoirs as well as imported water from Malaysia. The drive to produce more NEWater and desalinated water will enable Singapore to be self-sufficient in water by 2061, when its water agreement with Malaysia runs out.
An earlier water agreement, signed in 1961 to allow Singapore to buy water from its neighbour at 3 sen per 1,000 gallons (about 1.3 Singapore cents), will run out next year (2011) and is not being renewed.
Besides desalination and reclaiming used water, the PUB will also increase Singapore's water catchment from the current two-thirds of land area to a whopping 90 per cent. It will tap even minor rivulets across the island and treat water there with variable salinity plants, which can treat fresh water and desalinate brackish water and saltier sea water.
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don't need more of these if flooding is that often.
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perhaps we could increase the penalty of the litter bug offenders by extending them to clear drain debris as well....that would help a little i guess...lol
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Good to hv sufficient water supply.
Dont need to see pple's face.
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Good to hv sufficient water supply.
Dont need to see pple's face.
see whose face?
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Dr M lor
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Dr M lor
still in charge meh?
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
still in charge meh?
his mouth.Actually we're slowly controling his mouth. Dun forget he couldn't go to say war so easily because of SAF's existance - he questioned it's existance back in e 1980s.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
his mouth.Actually we're slowly controling his mouth. Dun forget he couldn't go to say war so easily because of SAF's existance - he questioned it's existance back in e 1980s.
his mouth only mah.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
his mouth only mah.
his mouth still quite powerful one. -
Originally posted by sbst275:
his mouth still quite powerful one.so powderful.
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deslinate seawater into fresh water? seawater so much.