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Challenges

In Singapore’s 50 years of independence, we have turned our water vulnerability into a strategic asset. We created the Four National Taps – water from local catchments, imported water from Malaysia, NEWater and desalinated water – to diversify and strengthen our water supply. Our technology investments gave us NEWater and desalinated water, two weather resilient sources that saw us through one of Singapore’s driest periods in early 2014. Still, challenges lie ahead. Our weather has become more erratic, with dry spells spanning weeks at a time in recent years. More intense storms at other times threatened to overwhelm our drainage systems. Dry weather in recent years led to record low water levels at the Linggiu Reservoir in Johor, which Singapore built and operates under the Water Agreement. This could reduce Singapore’s ability to draw and use water from the Johor River. As we produce more water from desalinated seawater and NEWater, our energy needs for these treatment processes are also expected to rise. These issues will become more pressing as our population and economy continue to grow. As we forge ahead in the next 50 years, our vision is to ensure that our water supply continues to be robust, sustainable and affordable. In this instance , upgrading of the Aged equipments like pump sets and valves etc at the plant is very crucial and having the right type of valve choices makes a great difference to the end user in terms of the overall cost saving that they will be enjoying.

Solution & Outcome

For a start, we had done the specification work together with the end user before the tender is due to call for at then. Through the detailed specification work done, the end user is totally convinced that the supplied Wouter Witzel Fixed Bonded Liner Butterfly Valves is definitely their ultimate choice to a high quality performance that they have been looking for all these while.