Water project planned for S'pore in Indonesia<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (AP): A U.S. $1.5 billion water project which would
\nharness a water catchment 80 times the size of Singapore is
\ntipped to go ahead in Indonesia's Riau province, a local
\nnewspaper reported Sunday.<\/p>\n
The project involves Indonesia-listed Upton Synergy Indonesia,
\nRiau government-owned Riau State Holdings and possible
\nSingaporean companies including listed construction company Poh
\nLian Holdings, which has already acquired the right to buy a 20
\npercent stake in the consortium, The Sunday Times reported.<\/p>\n
Two other companies which have been linked to the project are
\nSingapore government-linked Singapore Technologies Engineering
\nand SembCorp Engineering, the report said.<\/p>\n
The catchment would channel water through two undersea
\npipelines, a 250 kilometer (155 miles) line from Riau's Sungai
\nKampar river to Bintan island and another 200 kilometer (124
\nmiles) line from Bintan to Singapore, the report said.<\/p>\n
Riau State Holdings president Arsyadjuliandi Rachman said once
\nthe deal was signed the project could be completed in four to
\nfive years.<\/p>\n
\"At the moment we are drafting the final agreement on the
\nproject to supply water to Singapore,\" he was quoted as saying in
\nthe report.<\/p>\n
He said his company will propose a joint feasibility study by
\nthe Riau government and its Singapore partner to \"show that there
\nare no problems in the accounting and supply of water,\" the
\nreport said.<\/p>\n
Tiny Singapore currently depends on its neighbor to the north,
\nMalaysia for its water supply. Malaysia's Johor province supplies
\n214 million liters of raw water a day to the city-state.<\/p>\n
Singapore is the sixth-most water short country in the world,
\nthe report added.<\/p>\n
\"Water scarcity is defined as less than 1,000 cubic meters
\n(1,300 cubic yards) per person, per year. In 1995, Singapore had
\n180 cubic meters (234 cubic yards) per person,\" the report said.<\/p>",
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