Making the most out of every drop of Singapore's water
PUB says water-intensive companies could cut their usage by up to 70% through water recycling; a big problem is lack of motivation.
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SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector has emerged as a regional economic powerhouse, contributing at least 20 per cent to the country's gross domestic product. A major growth engine in the sector, accounting for more than 25 per cent of manufacturing output, is electronics semiconductors. The latter, however, are water-intensive operations.
Depending on their production, a single semiconductor manufacturing plant can use between 2 and 9 million gallons of water a day. In 2015, Intel, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, is said to have used 9 billion gallons of water. To put it in context, this is the amount of water that some 75,000 families in United States would have consumed in the year.
MANAGING WATER FOR THE GROWING INDUSTRY
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