New Tuas Nexus facility can be poster child for regional foray into waste and water treatment

Project could spin off many similar concepts elsewhere but few other nations likely to be ready yet, add experts

Published Tue, Sep 29, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

THE construction of the new Tuas Nexus facility may very well open doors for companies involved in the development to carry out similar projects elsewhere in the region, as interest for such integrated facilities start to gain traction, said industry experts The Business Times spoke to.

On Sept 8, the National Environment Agency (NEA) and PUB announced that the first phase of construction of Tuas Nexus - an integrated waste and water treatment facility - had begun, and is set to be completed in phases from 2025 onwards.

Said to be the "world's first integrated waste and water treatment facility to be conceptualised and planned from …