The Singapore Public Utilities Board (PUB) has set up several new plants for highly pure water called NEWater. NEWater is treated used water that has undergone stringent purification and treatment process using advanced dual-membrane (microfiltration and reverse osmosis) and ultraviolet technologies.

As part of the distribution network of NEWater, 87 Kilometres of 2.2m Dia pipeline are being installed. The endeavour is a major construction project with over 970,000 cubic meters volume of earth excavated, 27 major waterway crossings and 11 expressway crossings.

The project is being handled by CPG / CH2M Hill USA (JV) as consultants to PUB.

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Contract for supply of a major part of the 2.2 m Dia pipes has been awarded to a leading pipe manufacturer in Singapore. The pipe manufacturer  selected Purethane® 386/9000 as the lining of choice for the pipeline. Amchem’s credentials were vetted by the consultant and Amchem received the contract to supply Purethane® materials for the project.

More than > 515,000 Litres of Purethane 386/9000 and AR Primer was supplied to the project in year 2008-09. Amchem also provided skilled application and QA/QC personnel for the project. 

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Production of the pipe was carried out in Singapore and a facility in Malaysia. Several hundred special pipe fittings were fabricated in Indonesia and shipped by barges to Singapore.