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Keppel to build S'pore's fourth desalination plant in Marina East

New plant will be able to produce 137,000 cu m of drinking water per day

Published Thu, Dec 22, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    Singapore

    KEPPEL Infrastructure Holdings Pte Ltd has been named the preferred bidder by national water agency PUB to design, build, own and operate (DBOO) Singapore's fourth desalination plant to be located in Marina East.

    Expected to be operational in 2020, the new desalination plant will be able to produce 137,000 cubic metres (about 30 million gallons) of fresh drinking water per day. At a first-year price of $1.07867 per cubic metre, Keppel Infrastructure Holdings will supply product water to PUB over a 25-year period from 2020 to 2045.

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