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Singa to fund Deep Tunnel Sewerage System

S$10b 100km underground conveyance system for treating used water is scheduled for completion by 2025

Published Mon, Apr 19, 2021 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

A MAJOR project that aims to free up space on land by moving facilities for treating used water underground is well under way, with about a quarter of a 100km-long conveyance system for central and western Singapore completed so far.

The S$10 billion Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS), which is scheduled for completion by 2025, will be one of the nationally significant infrastructure that the government intends to pay for through borrowing - something that has not been done since the 1990s.

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