Singapore to invest close to S$100m in municipal and industrial solution
Singapore will invest close to S$100m in the research and development of municipal and industrial water technologies, as well as a new used water treatment research facility. Announcing the funding, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said that in a world facing climate change and growing uncertainty, water is a matter of resilience. Mr Gan was speaking at the opening of the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW). Of the fresh funds under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 programme, S$85m will go towards municipal water solutions – including water treatment and desalination. Another S$12m will go towards supporting research into industrial water solutions for the wafer fabrication and data centre sectors. Rachel Teng files a report on firms in these sectors that have already put in place solutions to reduce their water footprint. Eugene Chow also files a report on the newly completed Tengah Service Reservoir. And at the plenary session of the SIWW, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Grace Fu, called for Singapore to find less resource-intensive ways to generate water.
Singapore will invest close to S$100m in the research and development of municipal and industrial water technologies, as well as a new used water treatment research facility. Announcing the funding, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said that in a world facing climate change and growing uncertainty, water is a matter of resilience. Mr Gan was speaking at the opening of the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW). Of the fresh funds under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 programme, S$85m will go towards municipal water solutions – including water treatment and desalination. Another S$12m will go towards supporting research into industrial water solutions for the wafer fabrication and data centre sectors. Rachel Teng files a report on firms in these sectors that have already put in place solutions to reduce their water footprint. Eugene Chow also files a report on the newly completed Tengah Service Reservoir. And at the plenary session of the SIWW, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Grace Fu, called for Singapore to find less resource-intensive ways to generate water.
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