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SEMBCORP NEWater, a new subsidiary set up by Sembcorp Utilities has signed a 25-year NEWater agreement with national water agency, PUB on Thursday to design, build, own and operate Singapore's largest NEWater plant at Changi.
Construction of the new plant will begin in April and will supply PUB with 50 million gallons of NEWater a day when it is completed in 2010.
The Changi NEWater plant will adopt a cost-saving 'plant-on-plant' design where the main process facilities of the plant will be built on the roof-top of the Changi Water Reclaimation Plant and the storage tanks will be built on land.
At its peak, an expected 250 employees will be working on the plant's construction with a crew of twenty people to run the plant when it is fully operational.
'The Changi NEWater plant will further strengthen Sembcorp's track record but also contribute to Singapore's sustainability in water,' said Mr Moh Wung Hee, PUB's director for Best Sourcing.
Sembcorp will be the third private company to supply water to PUB under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the first two being Singspring and Keppel Seghers NEWater Development who own and operate the Singspring Desalination Plant and Keppel Seghers Ulu Pandan NEWater Plant respectively.
Currently, NEWater meets more than 15 per cent of Singapore's daily water needs the Changi Plant addition will meet 30 per cent of Singapore's current needs by 2010.
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