S'pore firm to supply water to RI

S'pore firm to supply water to RI

SINGAPORE: An engineering group has bagged a deal to design, build and operate water processing facilities to supply Yogyakarta with clean water, Boustead Singapore said on Monday.

The cost of the first phase is estimated at US$36 million, Boustead said, but did not include an estimate for the entire project.

The processing facilities and transmission pipes will transport spring water from the neighboring province of Central Java to Yogyakarta city, Sleman and Bantul regencies.

The project will be carried out in three phases, Boustead said. The water processing facilities will supply 100,000 cubic metres of treated water a day on completion of the first phase.

The initial period of the deal with the provincial government of Yogyakarta is 25 years, which could be extended. -- DPA