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What should Singapore do about its water needs?
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PORTABLE WATER IN SINGAPORE WHAT SHOULD SINGAPORE DO ABOUT ITS WATER NEEDS? Singapore's water resources are limited and we should not take the availability of water for granted. Our demand for water is increasing each year. With increasing affluence, Singaporeans enjoy a good standard of living and now own many modern appliances which demand ever greater use of water. Water consumption is also increased by the setting up of more nuclear families and households. Today, we consume about 300 million gallons of clean water a day. In future, as our population and economy continue to grow, we will require more clean water for our industry and more potable water for our people. Surrounded by seawater, desalination is a proven technology that we can adopt to produce affordable good quality drinking water. Even as we continue with our desalination plans, we must also carefully scrutinise other sources of water supply. It is important that...
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