Hong Kong’s Water Supplies Department has appointed Black & Veatch as the owner’s engineer to develop the first stage of Tseung Kwan O desalination plant. With an initial capacity of 36 million gallons per day (MGD), the plant will meet about 5% of Hong Kong’s water demand. Black & Veatch recently completed the plant’s feasibility study. The study identifies opportunities to harness green energy that could reduce electricity costs. Black & Veatch will design and provide construction supervision across the first phase of the desalination plant. A further 36 MGD plant is also planned as a second phase of development.
Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, has appointed Black & Veatch to provide consultancy services for the country’s fourth desalination plant. The plant in Marina East has a planned capacity of 36 MGD andwill be designed to treat two different sources of water: seawater from the Singapore Straits or raw water from the Marina Reservoir.
Initially, Black & Veatch’s role will include the preliminary design for the development of the plant under a design-build-own-operate (DBOO) arrangement. The request for proposals for the development of the plant under a DBOO arrangement will be made in the second quarter of this year. Black & Veatch will continue to provide services to PUB throughout the plant’s development.
“We have partnered with Singapore and Hong Kong water utilities on some of the world’s most innovative water engineering solutions,” said Cindy Wallis-Lage, president of Black & Veatch’s water business. “Both desalination projects are further examples of how these leading Asian cities are applying progressive thinking to secure future water supplies for their people.”
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