Singapore legislation

Regulation 9

Drift eliminators

Subregulation 1

The registered owner or occupier for a registered aerosol‑generating system that is a cooling tower must ensure that —

(a)

the cooling tower is installed with one or more drift eliminators so as to minimise the drift from the cooling tower; and

(b)

every drift eliminator mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) is maintained in good working condition.

A person that contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

(b)

for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

In this regulation —

“drift”, in relation to a cooling tower, means the suspension of fine water droplets that —

(a)

emerges from the airflow outlet of the cooling tower; and

(b)

is carried in the airflow from the cooling tower without initial evaporation;

“drift eliminator” means a device or physical barrier that is —

(a)

installed on a cooling tower at a location before the cooling tower’s airflow outlet; and

(b)

designed to minimise the formation and release of any drift from the cooling tower.