Singapore Highlights Water Conservation And Sustainability

"Singapore has built up a robust, diversified and sustainable water supply but we cannot take the ready availability of clean water for granted, says Dr Yaacob Ibrahim."
He added that Singaporeans can do their part to conserve water and keep our water catchments and waterways clean, so that we can continue to ensure a clean and sustainable water for all.


Ensuring water sustainability
To encourage the public to use water prudently and reduce their daily water usage by 10 litres a day, PUB launched the 10-Litre Challenge in 2006. While Singaporeans have been supportive of water conservation and have enabled us to reduce our per capita domestic water consumption from 165 litres per day in 2003 to 155 litres per day in 2009, our eventual target is to achieve a per capita domestic water consumption of 140 litres per day by 2030.
To continue to ensure water for all, I urge Singaporeans to play your part to conserve water wherever possible. By reducing water consumption by 10 litres a day, we will be able to save enough water to fill more than 6,000 Olympic-size swimming pools in a year.