국가 수도협회인 PUB가 싱가포르 창이 지역에 위치한 제 2 물공급 플랜트의 우선입찰자의 자격으로, 최근 BESIN-UEN 컨소시엄을 선택했다. 이 시설은 기존의 물에 하루 5000만 갤런을 추가하거나, 또는 22만8000㎥의 새로운 물을 국가 물 공급에 더해줄 것으로 기대된다.

‘NEWater’  BEWG 국제 유한회사와 UE NEWater 유한회사가 이끄는 BC는 오는 10월까지  PUB의 NEWater 협정에 가입하기 위해 임대업 회사를 만들 것이다.

 

 

Eastern Singapore to receive second major water supply plant
    
PUB, the national water agency, recently selected BESIN-UEN Consortium (BC) as the Preferred Bidder for the second NEWater Plant, located in the region of Changi, Singapore. The facility is expected to add another 50 million gallons per day (MGD), or 228,000 cubic meters of NEWater per day, to the nation's water supply.

 

BC, led by BEWG International Pte Ltd and UE NEWater Pte Ltd, will form a concession company to enter into a NEWater Agreement (NWA) with PUB by this October. The NWA will take full effect once all agreements have been finalized and executed and the concession company has achieved financial closure.

 

The open tender attracted seven bids from both local and international companies with good track records in the water business. Similar to the first NEWater Plant in Changi, the second plant will be constructed under a design, build, own, and operate (DBOO) arrangement and utilize the same proven NEWater technology and process pioneered by PUB.

 

The second plant at Changi is PUB's fifth DBOO project between PUB and the private sector -- the first four being the 30-MGD SingSpring desalination plant, the 32-MGD Keppel-Seghers Ulu Pandan NEWater Plant, the 50-MGD SembCorp Changi NEWater Plant, and more recently, the 70-MGD Tuaspring Desalination Plant.

 

NEWater is one of PUB's Four National Taps, a long-term water supply strategy to ensure a robust and sustainable supply of water for Singapore. The other three sources are water from local catchments, imported water from Johor and desalinated water. NEWater currently meets 30 percent of Singapore's water demand, and this is set to increase up to 55 percent in the longer term.

 

The NEWater Plant is expected to commence operations in 2016. At a first-year price of $0.276 per cubic meter, BC offers a competitive tariff for the supply of NEWater over a 25-year period from 2016 to 2041.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2014년 9월 18일]