Singapore’s water demand is expected to almost double by 2065.
With the closing of the Newater Visitor Centre, visitors can go to the Sustainable Singapore Gallery at Marina Barrage to learn more about Singapore’s water story.For more than two decades, the Newater Visitor Centre in Bedok had welcomed the public to learn about the ultra-clean, high-grade reclaimed water.
Singapore uses about 440 million gallons of water a day. Newater could meet up to 40 per cent of the nation’s water needs, according to PUB in 2018. The expansion of Tuas Newater Factory’s production capacity was announced by Ms Fu at the closing ceremony of the Newater Visitor Centre and Bedok Newater Factory on Sept 27.
With the closing of the Newater Visitor Centre, visitors can go to the Sustainable Singapore Gallery at Marina Barrage to learn more about Singapore’s water story, which features Newater. Professor Ong Choon Nam contributed technical knowledge as the chairman of the International Expert Panel on Newater from 1999 to 2003, along with his fellow panel members. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
“With the pristine water gushing out, you’d just feel like jumping in, as if it’s a jacuzzi,” Prof Ong added.
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