Water Crisis in Singapore
3.0 Policy Recommendation 3.1 Current Policies 1. Water Efficiency Management Plans - PUB PUB launched a well-thought-out water demand policy to conserve water (Tortajada & Buurman, 2017). Every organization consuming water over 60000 m³/ year will be regulated and required to submit their Water Efficiency Management Plans to PUB annually. This policy stimulates the implementation of water efficiency and water storage. 2. National Fifth Tap PUB has relentlessly driven for innovative methods and collaborated with R&D (), and they attempt to find underground reservoirs of water in teh Jurong Island which is able to solve the problem of unavailability to store rainwater (Channel News Asia, 2013). Also, this fifth tap can be completely domestic water source supply. 3. Public Education and Incentives Water conservation constitutes part of the syllabus of primary school education. There is basic knowledge about saving water and water-related programs highly mentioned through daily education (PUB, 2021), like ABC Waters (Active, Beautiful, Clean Water Program). In addition, Singapore establishes a prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize to hornor contributors who develop innovative policies or programs (WaterWorld, 2019) and stimulate technology advancements. 7
