Business: 137,000m3/day desalination concession
Customer: PUB, Singapore’s national water agency
Contract Terms: 25 years till 2045
Operations & Maintenance Operator: Marina East Water O&M Pte. Ltd.
Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant is Singapore’s fourth desalination plant and the first and only large-scale dual-mode desalination plant capable of treating both seawater and reservoir water. Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant commenced commercial operations in June 2020 under a 25-year concession granted by the PUB under a design, build, own and operate arrangement and is capable of supplying up to 137,000 m3 of fresh drinking water per day.
Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant can treat either seawater or reservoir water drawn from the Marina Reservoir, depending on the prevailing weather conditions. This results in more effective water use, operational flexibility and optimised operational costs. With a total area of 2.7 hectares and a plant process area of only 2.4 hectares, Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant is the most compact desalination plant in Singapore to date.
The plant was named ‘Desalination Plant of the Year’ at the Global Water Awards 2021 for its efforts to optimise its physical footprint and energy efficiency. For its outstanding design features and exceptional Active, Beautiful, Clean (ABC) standards, Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant became the first industrial plant in Singapore to be awarded the ABC Waters Certification (Gold) by PUB in October 2019.