Singapore’s 4^th National Tap: Desalinated water

Seawater that is found in Singapore’s seas is desalinated in the desalination plant. There is a desalination plant is Tuas. Seawater is desalinated by removing unwanted waste in the water through the process if reversed osmosis. This ensures that dirty particles are filtered out and that the water is clean. But in this process, some of the minerals in the water are also removed thus the water tastes funny, so, after removing the unwanted waste in the water they re-mineralized the water.

Desalinating water is an expensive method to obtain water for the country. The cost of building and operating the desalination plant is very expensive. The new SingSpring Desalination Plant cost$200 million to build. But it is a diversified and sustainable supply of water for Singapore.


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