Each year the announcement of winners of the Global Water Awards is awaited with bated breath. On 27 April 2009, industry players converged on Zurich, Switzerland, for the awards ceremony.
Singapore’s Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) has been awarded the Global Water Awards ‘Water Project of the Year’, the water project with the most significant contribution to water technology and environmental protection.
Conceptualised and managed by Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, the system is Singapore’s superhighway to meet its used water needs for the next 100 years in a cost-effective and sustainable way.
One of the world’s largest used water collection and treatment projects, the DTSS conveys used water from homes and industries through a 48 km long deep tunnel sewer that runs 20 to 55 metres below ground to a centralised water reclamation plant for treatment. The official opening of this plant, the Changi Water Reclamation Plant, is a highlight of the upcoming Singapore International Water Week.
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