SINGAPORE: Nearly 90 Housing Board blocks in Yishun and Jurong will be installed with a system in the coming years to harvest rainwater for non-potable uses at the common areas.
"Unlike in new BTO projects where the UWHS infrastructure can be planned and designed upfront to ensure it is located where the most amount of rainwater can be collected through the drain networks, retrofitting the UWHS into existing estates is more challenging," said HDB. "HDB will study the cost-effectiveness of the system in reducing potable water consumption and mitigating flood risks in existing HDB estates, before deciding on the extent of future scale-up to other suitable estates," the agency said.The UrbanWater Harvesting System, first introduced in 2018, is designed to maximise the volume of rainwater collected by harvesting stormwater surface runoff from the ground area surrounding multiple residential blocks, said HDB.
The tender was awarded to the joint venture of Digo Corporation and Terrenus Energy, said HDB on Monday, noting that there were six bids from both local and foreign companies.
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