Forum: Eye on new desalination process to meet water demand

The Tuas Desalination Plant. PHOTO: ST FILE
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According to the website of national water agency PUB, Singapore's total water demand by 2060 could almost double from the 430 million gallons (1.63 million cubic m) a day now.

Newater and desalinated water will meet up to 85 per cent of Singapore's future water demand (A watertight pact with Malaysia, March 10).

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 20, 2020, with the headline Forum: Eye on new desalination process to meet water demand. Subscribe