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Two secondary1 students, Sally and Amy from Raffles Girls Secondary School meet at Amy’s house to do their geography project on the importance of Marina Barrage in Singapore’s Water Management eff
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| Sally : Singapore is a small country with little natural resources. With a population of 5 million, Water scarcity becomes an issue. The consumption of water per person is growing. | |
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| Amy : Yes. As each of us adopt the most affluent lifestyle of developed world. Singapore’s current per capita domestic water consumption is about 153 litres per day. | |
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They were discussing with each other about the information they had gathered for their project.
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| We are currently having four big National taps that supply water. They are (1) Local Catchment, (2) Imported Water (from Johor), (3) NE Water and (4) Desalinated Water. | |
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| The local catchment refers to the Singapore’s 17 reservoirs including the Marina Barrage. They occupy about two-thirds of Singapore's land area so that enough rain water can be collected to be used | |
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| The Local catchment tap depends on weather as the climate affects the amount of rainfall, which in turn affects the amount of water collected. If there is less rain then this method is not effective | |
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| Imported water refers to the water which is imported from Johor Bahru, Malaysia. There were 2 treaties which Singapore had with Malaysia, one ended in 2011 and other ending in 2061. | |
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