steps taken by housing societies for the conservation of water in Singapore
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SINGAPORE - Two new water conservation programmes for households will soon be rolled out, in line with the Government's push for people to save water.
The first is a community project for lower income households to replace their existing 9-litre toilet bowls with more efficient ones that can reduce monthly water bills by up to 10 per cent.
The other project involves the installation of smart shower devices for 10,000 new homes. These devices provide real-time information on water consumption during showers. Both schemes come under national water agency PUB.
Minister for Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli announced both initiatives on Wednesday (March 8) during the debate on his ministry's budget.
In 2016, households used 148 litres of water per capita per day, down from the 151 litres in 2015. However, this remains some way off from the 2030 target of 140 litres a day, Mr Masagos told the House.
"My Ministry and PUB have a suite of measures - in addition to right-pricing - to promote greater water savings for households and businesses," he said
The Government had earlier announced that PUB will raise water prices by 30 per cent over the next two years.
The installation of smart shower devices in 10,000 new homes follows an earlier study that PUB did with the National University of Singapore, which showed that a person could save up to 5 litres a day using such devices.
During the trial, conducted from June to December in 2015, some 550 households in public housing estates islandwide received a smart device to be mounted on a handheld shower head that shows a polar bear's ice melting as more water is used. And, if consumption continues unabated, the bear disappears.
Apart from the polar bear animation, the device showed real-time information on the amount of water used as well as ratings from "very good" to "too much".
Study participants used 20 litres of water per shower on average initially. But, by the end of the study, those who had the animation, real-time information and ratings on their device, saved 3.8 litres per shower, a 20 per cent savings. The amount saved per person was about five litres of water each day.
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Singapore government uses four taps to manage their water demand Imports the water, save the rainfall in reservoirs, recycling the waste water, and desalinating water.
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Singapore’s water supply nearly 40% comes from recycling the waste water treatment plants, they highly useful for industrial purposes. Thirty percent of water supply comes from the desalination of water treatment plants from their shore line. They built small dams to save the rainfall water, nearly two third of total rainwater is saving through their reservoirs. Their major importer of water is their close neighbour Malaysia. Their new technology and solar power makes the water as to be more conserved.