# START Centre and Memsift Innovations to build pilot wastewater treatment plant in Singapore

START Centre and Memsift Innovations are jointly building a pilot plant at a semiconductor company in Singapore that uses a novel tri-bore hollow-fibre membrane to treat industrial wastewater, reducing liquid waste by over 90% and recovering precious metals.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-02-25
- Where: Singapore, Singapore
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 5000 litres per day
- Products: tri-bore hollow-fibre membrane, zero-liquid discharge water treatment system
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [START Centre](https://endata.com/companies/37572.md)
- [START Centre](https://endata.com/companies/37572.md) (partner)
- [Memsift Innovations](https://endata.com/companies/37573.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2019-02-membrane-treatment-toxic-disposal-cent.html), 2019-02-25: "This pilot plant is expected to help the firm save up to 1.6 million litres of water per year"
- [watertechonline.com](https://www.watertechonline.com/process-water/article/16212684/new-membrane-water-treatment-system-to-reduce-toxic-waste-and-waste-disposal-cost-by-over-90), 2019-03-01: "A new pilot plant to treat industrial wastewater is being built that could potentially reduce the amount of liquid waste by over 90 percent."

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