Singapore's Water Constraint

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Singapore has faced the problem of lack of water for the last few decades. This problem has been caused by Singapore’s physical environment constraints and the loss of catchment areas due to the clearing of land for housing industries. This is a extremely vital problem that has to be addressed promptly as it concerns our survival as a nation and if we fail to manage our water supply well, it will increase our vulnerability which puts us in a weak or unfavourable position. To solve this problem, the government has thought of strategies to reduce the demand of water and to increase the supply of water we have. Strategies targeting the reduction of demand refers to the careful use of water resources to ensure the wastage is kept to a minimum. Strategies which aim to increase the supply of water refers to those that seek to increase the amount of water so that each one of us has enough water for our daily life. In my essay, for strategies targeting the decrease of demand and increase of supply, I will be focusing on PUB campaigns and NEWater respectively. I agree to the statement that strategies targeting the reduction of demand are more effective than strategies targeting the increase of supply to a large extent. To arrive at my stand, I weighed the two factors according to their acceptance level, cost and effectiveness. Firstly, I consider the acceptance level of PUB campaigns and NEWater. PUB has came up with several campaigns since the 1970s. Some examples of recent campaigns are the 10-Litre Challenge, Water Efficient Homes, Water Volunteer Programme and Water Efficiency Labeling scheme. These campaigns aim to educate Singaporeans to view water as a scarce and precious resource and to use it wisely. They also seek to reduce the amount of water an individual consumes by encouraging people not to waste unnecessary water. In 1996, PUB conducted a survey to gather

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