Hotel Laundry Water Recycling Singapore:
Cut Water and Gas Costs

Water recycling can cut your hotel laundry’s water use by 45–65% and gas use by around 15%. For laundries processing 100 tonnes/week, payback can be as fast as 6 months. Your opportunity depends on linen volumes, occupancy, spa and restaurant workloads, and the utility costs your laundry actually pays. A free assessment uses your production records and bills to estimate savings for your property, with linen trials to check the proposed wash process.

Planning guide: Singapore laundry water savings and ROI.

Recorded laundry water and gas savings can support your hotel’s sustainability reporting. BCA Green Mark assesses building performance, while EarthCheck Certified combines business benchmarking, sustainability management and independent assessment. Laundry records are one part of that wider evidence. Ask your assessor which data and reporting periods are needed, and agree the metering and exports available from the provider. Equipment installation alone does not establish a certification or rating.

Programme information: BCA Green Mark and EarthCheck Certified.

Hotels and resorts with on-site laundries and regular linen volumes are good candidates for assessment. Bedding, pool towels, spa robes and restaurant napery can provide substantial daily wash loads, while conferences and occupancy changes affect the volume available for recycling. Suitability depends on your washers, water streams, linen mix and current bills rather than a fixed minimum property size. If laundry is outsourced, involve the laundry operator to establish where recycling and its savings would apply.

Assess payback from the installed quotation and annual net savings, allowing for power, maintenance and service costs. For laundries processing 100 tonnes/week, payback can be as fast as 6 months. PUB potable water charges include the Water Tariff, Water Conservation Tax and Waterborne Tax; use your actual account charges. PUB’s Trade Effluent Fee applies to businesses approved for its opt-in scheme and depends on discharge volume and quality. Your hotel’s ROI should reflect the charges and operating scope that apply to its laundry.

Billing references: PUB water prices and the Trade Effluent Fee scheme.

Discharge approval: PUB requirements for trade effluent discharged to public sewers.

Hotels can assess recycling for luxury bedding, spa robes, restaurant napery and pool towels. Blue Ocean filters process water and retains heat in insulated buffers for reuse. The provider should select suitable water streams and wash stages for your machines and linen mix. Trial the proposed process to check appearance, feel, odour and the hygiene evidence your hotel requires, while retaining fresh water where the accepted wash programme needs it. Use your actual occupancy and event volumes when planning capacity.

Equipment information: Wientjens Blue Ocean.

Maintenance depends on the selected equipment and your laundry’s water streams and workload. Ask the provider to set out routine checks, cleaning, servicing, staff training and spare-parts arrangements for your site. Plan safe isolation and enough fresh-water capacity for agreed production during servicing. Wientjens Cloud offers machine performance information, alerts and maintenance reminders; confirm the monitoring included in your proposal. For a laundry running around the clock, agree service contacts and contingency arrangements before installation.

Monitoring information: Wientjens Blue Ocean brochure.