Desalination

On 13 September 2005, the country opened its first desalination plant by SingSpring. SingSpring is majority-owned by CitySpring Infrastructure Trust (CitySpring). The plant, located at Tuas, can produce 30 million gallons of water (136,380 m³) each day. Worth S$200 million, it is one of the biggest in the world and meets 10 percent of the country's water needs.The plant also produces bottled water called the Desal H2O. A bid for a second desalination plant with a capacity of 318,500 m³ per day, also located at Tuas, was launched in June 2010.The government has identified five coastal sites for future plants, with the objective of bringing the installed capacity to one million m³ per day by 2060.
Some observers have suggested that Singapore could become the world's water hub for water recycling and desalination technology and could export this technology to the world including China. Dr Masaru Kurihara, director of the International Desalination Association, said that with the new technology in water reclamation, waste water would become the most important sustainable water resource in the future.Advantages of these tap is that it has an unlimited water supply and it is reliable and a safe way to get contaminated/salt water to a pure drinking water.A disadvantage is that it is expensive and uses much energy.