– Sembcorp remains the first company in Singapore to have used this technology to treat industrial wastewater
– System is space-saving and produces effluent of a consistently high quality, with lower energy consumption, minimal chemical usage and less sludge to be disposed
Singapore, 25 June 2009 – Sembcorp Industries, Singapore’s largest water company, today announced the opening of its Integrated Wastewater Treatment Membrane Bioreactor (IWWT MBR) Plant. The plant, an expansion to the company’s integrated wastewater treatment system in the Sakra area of Jurong Island, is Sembcorp’s second plant in Singapore employing Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) technology.
The opening ceremony was graced by Sembcorp Industries Chairman Mr Peter Seah, a number of members of Sembcorp’s board, and customers of Sembcorp.
Commented Sembcorp Group President & CEO Tang Kin Fei, “Sembcorp is proud to open its second MBR wastewater treatment facility. We are to date the only company in Singapore to have successfully applied this advanced technology for the treatment of industrial wastewater.
“With a hydraulic capacity of almost 3,000 cubic metres per day and an organic capacity of over 4,000 kilogrammes chemical oxygen demand per day, this new plant will enhance our industrial wastewater treatment capacity on Jurong Island by more than 50%.”
Sembcorp first applied the MBR process to treat high salinity industrial wastewater in 2006. The MBR process is an advanced technology designed for application in wastewater treatment
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