SINGAPORE (Dec 22): Keppel Infrastructure has been named the preferred bidder by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, to design and build Singapore’s fourth desalination plant as well as own and operate it for a concession period of 25 years.

The plant will be located in Marina East and is expected to be operational in 2020. It will be able to produce about 30 million gallons of fresh drinking water per day, says parent company Keppel Corp in a Thursday release.

According to Keppel, this facility will be the first in Singapore with the ability to treat sea water as well as fresh water from the Marina Reservoir by using reverse osmosis “and other advanced membrane technology”.

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