Sembcorp Industries kicks off operation in $40m treatment plant

The wastewater treatment plant on Jurong Island is part of Sembcorp's S$960-m facilities cluster.

In a release, Sembcorp Industries is pleased to announce that it has begun commercial operation of its newest and largest industrial wastewater treatment facility on Jurong Island. The S$40 million plant expands Sembcorp’s presence on the petrochemical hub and kicks off its operations to serve chemical and petrochemical companies in the newly developed Banyan, Tembusu and Angsana districts of the island.

The 9,600 cubic metres per day industrial wastewater treatment plant, which will serve customers including LANXESS and Jurong Aromatics Corporation (JAC), can treat multiple streams of complex industrial wastewater and more than doubles Sembcorp’s current industrial wastewater treatment capacity in Singapore. The wastewater treatment plant is part of Sembcorp’s upcoming S$960 million cluster of facilities to serve companies setting up operations in the newly developed areas of Jurong Island. These include a combined-cycle gas turbine cogeneration plant with a capacity of 400 megawatts of power and 200 tonnes per hour of process steam and a multi-utilities centre, both currently under construction. With these new commitments, Sembcorp’s total investment in Jurong Island since 1995 reaches S$2.7 billion.

At the same time, Sembcorp also announced the development of a new technology and innovation centre comprising laboratories and applied research and development (R&D) facilities on Jurong Island. To be located on the same site as the company’s new cogeneration plant in Banyan, the centre will house Sembcorp researchers and engineers who will develop and integrate innovative processes and run test beds for emerging technologies relevant to the company’s business, with the objective of achieving further improvements in efficiency, cost and environmental sustainability. The centre will also provide quality control and technological support for Sembcorp’s energy, industrial water and wastewater treatment operations in Singapore and overseas.