1 Singapore: Our Unique Circumstances Singapore Land Area ~710 km2 Population 4.99 mil Average Annual Rainfall 2,400 mm Average Water Demand 1.6 mil m3/day Integrated Water Resources Management 4 National Taps 3P Approach Local catchment “Conserve Water” Imported water “Value Our Water” NEWater Desalinated water “Enjoy Our Waters” “Water for All” “Conserve, Value, Enjoy” 3 Local Catchment Water Protected Punggol Unprotected Catchment Urban Catchment Stormwater Collection Kranji Reservoir System Legend Unprotected Water Catchment Protected Water Catchment Proposed Water Catchment Bedok Stormwater Pond o Half of Singapore is already water catchment o Catchment area will be increased from half to two- thirds by 2011 4 NEWater NEWater independent of the vagaries of weather Seletar Kranji Kranji Expansion 9 mgd 17 mgd Changi 5th NEWater Plant Bedok Legend NEWater pipeline Ulu Pandan NEWater Plant Bedok Expansion 7 mgd 18 mgd Service Reservoir Desalinated Water . To diversify our water resources and ride out the vagaries of weather . SingSpring Pte. Ltd., under a 20 year DBOO arrangement with PUB . Supply of 30 mgd for 20 years . Opened in Sep 05 6 3P Approach - 52 WVGs formed in 30 Web constituencies since Mar 06 Portal - WVGs in another 25 constituencies in 2007 Water Efficiency Labeling Water Scheme Volunteer Groups (WVGs) 76300 hits since Mar 06 Water Detectives 50 models of Dual Flush LCFCs fittings labelled under WELS since end Oct 06 Pilot project in selected HDB Water Detectives Programme MUP to be carried Launched in 103 out of 177 in second half of primary schools 2007 Reaches out to 110,000 students 7 ABC Waters Programme A. ACTIVE New recreational spaces B. BEAUTIFUL Integration of waters with urban landscape C. CLEAN Improved water quality . “… Turn Singapore into a city of gardens and water” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, At ABC Waters Public Exhibition Opening (Feb 07) 8 The Blue Map of Singapore 9 ABC Waters Programme - Long term blueprint to transform Singapore’s pervasive network of drains, canals and reservoirs into beautiful and clean streams, rivers and lakes - One of the first cities in the world to have such a city-wide plan to develop the waterways & water Macritchie Reservoir bodies in a systematic way Kallang River Bishan Park 10 Kolam Ayer ABC Waterfront After Before 11 Sengkang Floating Island After Before 12 Valuing, Enjoying Our Waters Our Waters Programme Water Mark Award 80 adopters so far Accepting Nominations Now Weddings at Reservoirs Activities in Reservoirs and NEWater Visitor Canals Centre More than 700,000 visitors since its opening 13 Key Impacts of Climate Change on Singapore Summary of AR4 Projections for Southeast Asia (A1B Scenario): • Annual precipitation for Southeast Asia will increase - Water Supply • Temperature rise likely similar to global mean temperature rise - Increase in extreme weather occurrences • Sea level rise likely to be close to global mean - Sea Level Rise 14 Singapore’s National Climate Change Strategy National Climate Change Strategy Mitigation Adaptation Energy Efficiency Vulnerability Extreme Study Weather Buildings Households Transportation Industry 15 PUB’s Four-Pronged Approach to Adapt to CC Sustainable and Resilient Water Supply Partnership Adapting to Sea Level Rise & More Rainfall Four-Pronged Approach to Adapt to Climate Change Investment in R&D, Technology & Innovation Sustainable & Resilient Water Supply Independent of the vagaries of weather Variable Salinity Plant NEWater Desalination 17 Adapting to More Rainfall • Drainage infrastructure and improvement programmes to reduce flood prone areas: 3200 ha 1970s 124 ha 2007 79 ha 2009 • Raising low-lying areas in conjunction with development proposals • Review of drainage design criteria 18 Marina Barrage: 3-in-1 Reservoir Creating a Reservoir in the City Creating a reservoir in the city 19 20 Adapting to Sea Level Rise 1960 Singapore Coastline 1990 Singapore Coastline Current & Future Singapore Coastline 1.25 m above highest tide (minimum) Land Reclamation 0.59 m (max. forecast by AR4) Highest Tide 21 RAIN GARDEN BALAM ESTATE Reduce hydrological Benefits Thriving ecosystem impact of urban catchment Improve water quality 22 Investment in R&D, Technology & Innovation Current ~3.5 kWh/m3 SWRO Memstill (with waste heat); Electrochemical Desalting; Short-term < 1.5 kWh/m3 Long-term Breakthrough R&D • Process: 0.75 kWh/m3 • System < 0.75 kWh/m3 (with optimisation and energy recovery) Pledge to Cut Carbon Emissions • Singapore has pledged to reduce emissions growth by 16% below “business as usual” levels by 2020 PUB’s Mitigation Efforts Biogas used to generate electricity/ heat Improving Energy Incineration Efficiency of sludge A Vibant Singapore Water Industry Materials System Pharma • Veolia Water Integrators • Zenon • Keppel Seghers . Desalination • Hyflux • Hyflux . Wastewater F&B • Memcor/Siemens • SembEnviro treatment Water • Darco Membranes . Liquid separation • Hydranuatics • Dayen . Membrane systems Suppliers • Toray UPW Municipal Utilities wastewater Industrial Companies Consultancy/ treatment wastewater Water Treatment Engrg Svcs . Govt bodies treatment Chemicals . BOO contractors . Feasibility studies Financing . Multi-utilities • Nalco . Technical • BioLab consultancy Equipment • Chemitreat . Project Management Suppliers Township Testing & . Filtration equipment devt . Disinfection equipment • CH2MHill Analysis . Control system providers • Siemens • Black & Veatch Services • GE Water • CDM • CAWT • Veolia Water • MWH • Setsco • Pall • CPG • NUS • Chemitreat • SUI • NTU • GrahamTek 25 Partnership - SIWW 28 June 2010 – 2 July 2010 Theme - “Sustainable Cities – Clean and Affordable Water” Featuring: Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Water Leaders Summit Water Convention Water Expo Business Forums Continued with its success formula, SIWW 2010 include three high-profile events: Asia Pacific Water Ministers Forum 14th United Nations Secretary-General Advisory Board for Water and Sanitation 2nd World Cities Summit Marina Barrage, Singapore Thank You 27 .