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<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=452><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Published May 8, 2010
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>S'pore, M'sia officials meet over water deal
AHEAD of the expiry of Singapore's 1961 water agreement with Malaysia next year, officials from both sides met in Johor yesterday.
A joint technical committee and a joint working group have been formed to handle the transition of related assets and operations, after Singapore said last week it will not be renewing the first of two water deals it has with Malaysia.
When the 1961 water agreement expires next year, Singapore will continue to import water under the 1962 one, which expires in 2061. The latter allows Singapore to buy up to 250 million gallons per day of raw water from Johor, at three sen per 1,000 gallons.
Imported water from Johor is one of the 'four national taps' national water agency PUB has kept running 'to ensure a diversified and sustainable supply of water to meet Singapore's needs'.
As Singapore aims to be self-sufficient in water by 2061, supply from the other three taps - local catchment reservoirs, NEWater and desalination plants - is continually being raised.
Opening Singapore's fifth and largest NEWater plant at Changi on Monday, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said NEWater will meet 40 per cent of Singapore's needs by 2020, up from 30 per cent now.
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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>S'pore, M'sia officials meet over water deal
AHEAD of the expiry of Singapore's 1961 water agreement with Malaysia next year, officials from both sides met in Johor yesterday.
A joint technical committee and a joint working group have been formed to handle the transition of related assets and operations, after Singapore said last week it will not be renewing the first of two water deals it has with Malaysia.
When the 1961 water agreement expires next year, Singapore will continue to import water under the 1962 one, which expires in 2061. The latter allows Singapore to buy up to 250 million gallons per day of raw water from Johor, at three sen per 1,000 gallons.
Imported water from Johor is one of the 'four national taps' national water agency PUB has kept running 'to ensure a diversified and sustainable supply of water to meet Singapore's needs'.
As Singapore aims to be self-sufficient in water by 2061, supply from the other three taps - local catchment reservoirs, NEWater and desalination plants - is continually being raised.
Opening Singapore's fifth and largest NEWater plant at Changi on Monday, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said NEWater will meet 40 per cent of Singapore's needs by 2020, up from 30 per cent now.
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