Today, Singapore’s water supply comes from 4 sources know as our Four National Taps - our local catchment, imported water, NeWater and desalinated water. Situated next to Garden by the Bay East, the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP) is Singapore’s fourth desalination plant, adding another 30 million gallons of water to our daily supply. The increased reliance on desalination makes Singapore's water supply more resilient as seawater is almost a limitless resource and its supply not impacted by climate change.
The mega-infrastructure project is realisedrealized by a team of 2000 at the peak of its construction and is also the first dual-mode plant capable of treating both sea and freshwater.
The KMEDP utilisesutilizes the ‘RiGBY’ design approach, that signifies the integration of Blue, Green, Yellow and Red design strategies. Blue represents the application of Water Sensitive Urban Design principles for end-to-end water sustainability through water collection, treatment and distribution. Stormwater run-off filters through a series of vegetated bio-retention basins, collecting in detention and harvesting ponds before being re-used for irrigation and maintenance of the water features. Plants in the the bio-retention basins are carefully selected to reduce pollutants from rainwater and create a beautiful setting for the site.