# Opening of Water Reclamation Centre in Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city

- **Source:** Ministry of National Development
- **Published:** 2017-06-25T08:00:00.000Z
- **Author:** Ministry of National Development
- **Original:** https://www.mnd.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/view/opening-of-water-reclamation-centre-in-sino-singapore-tianjin-eco-city
- **Topics:** Investment & Capital Markets, Regional Markets

## Featured rationale

The infrastructure could support sustainable urban expansion by supplying up to 85% of current recycled-water demand from non-conventional sources, potentially strengthening the Eco-city's liveability.

## AI summary

The Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city opened a water reclamation centre with 100,000 m3/day wastewater-treatment capacity and initial recycled-water output of 21,000 m3/day.

## Original article

The water reclamation centre in the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city was officially opened by Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Tianjin Binhai New Area Party Secretary Zhang Yuzhuo on 25 June 2017.

The Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city Water Reclamation Centre houses an advanced wastewater treatment facility with a capacity of 100,000 m3/day; and a water recycling facility that will produce 21,000 m3/day of recycled water, with future expansion capacity of 42,000 m3/day.

The wastewater treatment facility in the centre upgrades treated wastewater effluent from an existing wastewater treatment plant to meet the most stringent Chinese standards for wastewater. Part of the treated water will be discharged into nearby water bodies, with the rest further treated to produce usable recycled water. This will increase the water obtained from non-conventional water resources1 up to 85% of the current daily demand for recycled water in the Eco-city.

The Tianjin Eco-City Water Investment & Construction Co., Ltd – a joint venture between Keppel Infrastructure and Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co., Ltd., built the water reclamation centre, and will operate the centre on a BOT (build-operate-transfer) basis.

Singapore has actively contributed to this project. PUB shared Singapore’s experience in used water and water recycling treatment processes, while Keppel Infrastructure supports the construction and operations of the centre by transferring both management and technology know-how gained through operating its NEWater plant in Singapore.

Annex

1: There are currently three non-conventional water sources in the Eco-city: desalinated water, recycled water and rainwater.

## Chinese translation

> Translation model: grok_cli

### 中新天津生态城水再生中心启用

中新天津生态城水再生中心于2017年6月25日由副总理尚达曼（Tharman Shanmugaratnam）及天津滨海新区党委书记张玉卓正式启用。

中新天津生态城水再生中心设有一座先进的污水处理设施，处理能力为每天100,000立方米；以及一座水循环回用设施，可每天生产21,000立方米再生水，未来扩展能力可达每天42,000立方米。

中心内的污水处理设施将现有污水处理厂的出水进一步升级处理，使其达到中国最严格的污水排放标准。部分处理后的水将排入附近水体，其余则进一步处理以生产可用的再生水。这将使来自非常规水源1的水量，达到生态城当前再生水日需求量的85%。

天津生态城水务投资建设有限公司——由吉宝基建（Keppel Infrastructure）与天津生态城投资开发有限公司合资成立——建设了该水再生中心，并将以BOT（建设—运营—移交）模式运营该中心。

新加坡积极参与了这一项目。公用事业局（PUB）分享了新加坡在用过的水及水循环回用处理工艺方面的经验，而吉宝基建则通过转移其在新加坡运营新生水厂所获得的管理与技术专长，支持该中心的建设与运营。

附件

1：生态城目前有三种非常规水源：淡化水、再生水及雨水。