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Facts and Figures

Within four decades, Singapore has transformed its vulnerability in water into its strength with the development of major national water projects such as NEWater, the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System and the Marina Barrage.

The city-state has also over the years established a diversified and sustainable water supply from four different sources known as the Four National Taps (water from local catchment areas, imported water, reclaimed water known as NEWater and desalinated water).

PUB Singapore, the country’s national water agency, won the prestigious Stockholm Industry Water Award at the World Water Week in 2007. The Award recognises innovative corporate development of water and wastewater process technologies, contributions to environmental improvement through improved performance in production processes, new products and other significant contributions by businesses and industries that help to improve the world water situation.

Recognising that the Environment and Water sector represents an opportunity that could be nurtured into an economic growth engine, the Government had, in 2006, committed S$330 million over five years to develop Singapore as a R&D base for environment and water solutions. The Environment & Water Industry Programme Office (EWI) was set up in 2006 to spearhead the development of the environment and water industry, with technology as a key pillar. Our vision is to grow value-added (VA) contribution from the water sector from $0.5 billion in 2003 to $1.7 billion by 2015. Jobs for this sector are also expected to double to about 11,000 in 2015, with a large part of the growth in professional and skilled categories.

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