On our island we have a population of between 3500 and 4500 depending on number of visitors and have only relatively recently sorted a sustainable supply for the homes and distilleries etc, being a Scottish west coast Isle it very rarely dries out ! Water is well purified,on a ring main ,with one main and two sub treatment plants, no sediments or strong tastes , occasional chlorine tang , but a far cry from the water up north end of Jura ! There it came straight from the hill with all the micro organisms and stained everything brown from the peat . OK boiled for tea... was eventually sorted I believe, I hope so, a drop of that water under the microscope was fascinating 😮😮
In south Africa there is but the problem is many of it is wasted up. 40 percent of is wasted on leaks and the water treatment plants are badly maintained which means if you have water, it is undrinkable so in south Africa there is enough water, but problem is it is wasted or dirty
As a Singaporean, I appreciate the foresight demonstrated by our leaders in planning for the future. Ironically, Dr. Mahathir's threat to halt the supply of raw water to Singapore has prompted our leadership to remain vigilant and not take our resources for granted.
As a Malaysian, I admire the SG's good governance and well-planned administration to prepare and tackle future issues. I guess we can learn from each other by being neighbours.
@@SS1Y Mahathir's threats are just empty threads. He is well aware that halting the water supply is a breach of an agreement that is legally binding under international law. Under the Geneva Convention, the blockade of a fundamental resource required for human survival is equivalent to an act of war. A war that Malaysia has no hope of winning.
Indeed, as I commented elsewhere, it was Mahathir's threat of cutting our water supply, and disputes over how it should be priced, that motivated us to go all-in on water desalination and recycling. With what Malaysia was demanding we pay them for their water supply, it was decided that water desalination and recycling would be economically feasible, since the financial cost of both options were going to be about the same anyway - the latter route having the added bonus of us not needing to be dependent on external sources for our water supply.
I'm in Western Australia and our government is absolutely useless when it comes to water. Instead of funding waterwise education they fund ads that blame household use. . . which is only 6% of water consumed. An uninformed population can't address the true giants of water consumption. They refuse to address poor infrastructure, regulation, and innovation. The government absolutely won't mention the overseas owned mining and oil production who use 35% of potable water because our politicians all have their hands in oil and mining pockets. I live out bush so we have a water tank and are incredibly conservative with how we use and reuse water. Water for dishes and showers is then used for the washing machine then flows into a grey water tank that supplies the gardens, air cons, toilets, and emergency reserves for the firies and bush fire sprinkler system. We've had extreme drought for two years and looking at another, even more desperate summer.
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I would recommend to check out Zaytuna farm Geoff Lawton (the youtube channel is Discover Permaculture). He is a well known Australian Permaculture teacher. And one of the most important tasks in permaculture is to manage water. Zaytuna farm is in NSW, so they probably have more rain than WA. Geoff has also mentored a project in Jordan near the Dead Sea (Greening the Desert, that goes on for 12 years). There water is very scarce, I guess they beat you when it comes to using every drop several times ;) Maybe you could get some inspiration (especially regarding eathworks = swales, dams, ponds). In permaculture they often dig trenches (called swales) that store and then infiltrate water into the soil in case of heavy rain. So the ground stores the water, and it replenishes the aquifers (if the operation is large enough). Depending on how much rain you get on average that could result in new springs coming up. Else the stored water will only benefit the vegetation especially trees (which can make all the difference in case of a wildfire if not everything is bone dry) On Zaytuna farm they have around 20 ponds now (approx. 1 for every year of transforming that former cattle ranch), plenty of swales, and the surplus of water in the soil started some springs as well, so if they did not have other water sources they could use that.
@@xXxSkyViperxXx It's not cheap, there are usually 2 problems with desalination. 1. It's extremely ENERGY intensive! You actually need a nuclear power plant to run a desalination plant efficiently. 2. The by product from desalination is often pure waste, and desalinated seawater contains no minerals needed for the human body.
Because such projects are long term, at least a decade to finish. Which means that chances are any politician who proposes it will be long out of office long before it is finished, and the guy who takes over will steal the credit for it. Far easier to go for short term solutions and short term wins
Also important: commiserate your civil servants' performances on proper key performance indicators, meaning, act like you are in a private corporation. Slack once, off you go. Singapore can ill-afford to have 2 million civil servants that oftentimes get featured in the news by being caught with corrupt practices. See: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's raid on multiple immigration officers involved in fake entry permit schemes these past week.
U speak like an acolyte indoctrinated from young............heard of the term COST EFFECTIVENESS.......which is ABSENT amongst so-called "elites" or what LKY had called "top talents"?
Paying for use of water and pay for waste water management ie PUB is the public utility board. When pump tap water comes with the monthly charge per unit. The cost to remove waste water including rainwater is paid monthly. This allows for rainwater management and recycling to clean tap water. This means we pay for water resources and recycling to provide for the environment and infrastructure . Irrigation and sanitation is a major concern for our environment and infrastructure. We value our water resources equally as we value our environment today. The world needs to respect our water resources and environment as a means for sustaining our environment and protecting our planet.
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I've been passionately following Singapore for many reasons, for a number of years. I strongly believe given their current path, they will be the strongest city state in the world, and will be one of the strongest nations in the world in the future. They are possibly the best example of what the world of tomorrow will look like.
@owo4470 well immigration is high and you're pretty crammed on that island. Singapore bank is one of the most trusted in the world and taxes are near non existant. It's like the wealth hub of Asia.
1. Singapore has been very lucky since self-governing in 1959 , followed by independence in 1965 . 2. Its founding father Lee Kuan Yew ( 1923 -2015 ) and his extraordinary team had the far-sighted vision , implemented the pragmatic approach to tackle all sorts of problems , set the high standard of clean and effective government leadership , with the selfless mind to continuously improve the well-being of the people. 3. These nation improvement spirits are the impetus for the second , third and fourth generation political leaders.
There is a debate among historians about whether the Time makes the Man, or the Man makes the Time. The post WWII age made many men like Ferdinand Marcos. Why was LKY different? Sure Singapore was small and poor. There was still enough to fill HIS pockets. Either as a regional strong man in Malaysia or as an independent dictator. He chose to be the Man that makes the Time. Sonny could have invaded Malaysia and taken a fifth and ignored the rest. Instead, I keep on seeing SG bending backwards to cooperate with a nation ROTTEN with corruption and incompetence. Just to be friendly. Because Singapore is the World's friend. Just don't spit on the street.
This is fantastic news, didn’t realize Singapore was doing such a great job. Here in California our state government cries about our lack of water and yet all year long they dump fresh water into the ocean. One big rain storm drops more water than we can use in a year and we don’t capture it, then in early spring the snow melts on the Sierras and again we don’t capture but a small percentage of it. Crazy!!!
I thought the idea of siphoning water from the East coast to the West coast was spawned by your government a decade ago? What happened? China has already done it and is still in the process of building larger underground canals to siphon flood water out of flood prone regions.
As a Singaporean, it's painful to see some salty comments below against the ideology of our progression (a few requires some form of desalination 🤣) Of course we know that there's no perfect plan or perfect system, but we choose to recognise our Weaknesses and then excel in our Wins. We are given brains to be used to hunt for strategic advantages, coopetition and partnerships, not to yap against our 'disadvantages' 😀
In Singapore you research, you work, you pay whatever you have to and then get it done. A bit more every day. Admirable but ultimately just the commonsense approach. You get no merit from doing the obvious. Which is a slap on the face to everybody else since they can't do even that much
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The Sustainability Museum out at Singapore Marina Barrage explains this in great detail, and is an incredibly interesting visit especially if you take a free guided tour - our tour guide was amazing and very frank.
When Singapore were buying raw water from Johore I asked my Brother-In-Law would they do if Malaysia turned off the water supply. He replied "They will effectively turn off their own water supply because we sell the treated water back to them".
What many people may not realize is that the treated water Singapore sells back to Johor is heavily subsidized. It costs Singapore $2.40 to treat every thousand gallons of water to make it safe for consumption, but we sell this treated water to Johor for just 50 cents per thousand gallons. This means Singapore incurs a loss of $1.90 for every thousand gallons sold. This dynamic is why Dr. Mahathir often threatens to raise the price of raw water but goes silent whenever Singapore counters by stating that, if necessary, we would have to proportionally increase the price of treated water supplied to Johor.
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SINGAPORE - Singapore leads the world in the provision of safe and clean drinking water in the latest ranking of 180 countries by Yale University.16 Aug 2024
We pay for the privilege since independence. We pay for removal of sewerage and rainwater from our homes. We pay for flood prevention measures for our roads and tunnels. We pay for sustainable development and infrastructure to maintain flood protection and improve rainwater management on our streets and highways.
Singapore used to cut off water for different areas in housing estates. This let the older generation appreciate how inconvenient it is to be without fresh water. Today, young Singaporeans do not experienced this and many took for granted that fresh water is always there.
I'd love a definition of "ultra pure water", what is done to the NEWater residue - the part that's filtered and treated out, as well as more on the insanely low leakage of 5%. It's a city state, but...wow. my municipality here in Norway is at 50%.
the rainfall of waters is huge..the problem is they did not have reservoirs to capture if sufficiently. they need buildings or underground water reservoir
Its still necessary for Singapore to import food, because its obviously impossible to grow everything locally, but food is much easier to import than water.
Have just been in Singapore last month, and was impressed by its water solutions, including the water education you mentioned. Hmm, I think that's something other countries can learn.
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@@hijazzains They should, but the problem is that the capacity for wastewater in the treatment plants is not enough, so when there's more than it can contain, no. And btw it's been a known issue for years that there's a need to expand the capacity, but it's not being done. I am not amused personally.
@@Howtofewithlove In Singapore, water is first recovered from the sewage, next biogas gas is extracted and used to incinerate the sludge. Finally the ash is used in reclamation.
I was born in the 60's. Back in those days, Malaysia always used the water to threaten us. I remember MM Lee Kuan Yew once told us... "Malaysia will turn off the tap... if Singapore doesn't do according to the Malaysian wish". Hence, we embarked the long journey to "water independence" from Malaysia. In the 70's, we used to have water ration exercises when I was living in a kampong (village). There were even rumours that Singapore will go to war if Malaysia "turn off the tap"... Long story short, here we are today. We have our own water... Because of our past struggles so, I don't complaint whenever it rains heavily or even there were serious flooding... We need water for our survival & I don't take Singapore's troubled past for granted. No matter what happens... Singapore will always be my home...
Dear DW Planet Team , Awesome Videos You All are making on this Chanel , About so many diverse topic about crisis and solutions , Loved your videos Dear kindly keep making on these types different topics , Which is making people more aware about the issue on going across the world.
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A very interesting video guys! I live in the UK and we can't seem to be able to build large infrastructure atm. I would like to understand why Singapore is capable of delivering and many other nations are not.
@@SuperValue350again, Singapore is Not a one party state. The ruling party won with majority of votes n there are opposition parties in government as well. And it is this political stability that allows the government to do what its needs for the people; not for selfish political gains/fame, greed (via corruption), etc. How did Singapore do all these n more? Simple, via good clean pragmatic leaders with the political will n most importantly, with the mandate of the people supporting them. After WW2 n independence, it was either do or die for us. And don't forget, Singapore is Not the only democratic country run by a majority voted in political party. If I'm not wrong Japan as well since WW2? So what choice of government would u rather have? Led by a strong capable party with majority of votes from the people to exact the necessary changes to better the nation? Or an ineffective government besieged by infighting to the point of incompetence, just to prove who's right? As a citizen of your country, it is ultimately your choice n your vote, isn't it?
The phrase "controlled" democracy is unnecessary. As a Singaporean, I am glad that we can focus on better issues than dwelling into different political parties of interest, like how it is happening in those so-called very "advance" democratic countries which hardly any policies can be be approved in parliment. Such an inefficiencies.
I agree with you. I hate that every time a video is about Singapore, they try to make the success look like it was due to some totalitarian dictatorship or something. One party for ~ 6 million people vs two parties for ~ 330 million people in the US, for example.... I'd say Singapore is doing quite well. The government should be powerful so that it can address the needs of its people efficiently without corporate lobbying or other nonsense that happens in some other places.
@person880 in Singapore elections are free, it's the people who reelects the PAP, because just look how the City State developed since independence, and the high level of quality of living. I am Hungarian, so according to DW i live in a "controlled democracy". I don't totally agree with Viktor Orbán, but i apreciate the political stability of my country, the safety, and development (infrastructural and economic) which the country is going through. Or just take Bavaria, a southern german state. The same party, CSU is in power since 1958 without discontinuation. Why? because the Bavarian reelects it, usually it obtained around 50% of the votes, but now the party declined, but got 37% at the last election . Bavaria is the most wealthy german state.
Agreed, many foreigners confuse democracy with political conflict. The idea that you can have a stable and peaceful democracy makes them confused. If the people get a say in what they want, that’s democracy. If they get what they want, it’s effective governance. If they get stonewalled due to opposing political interests, that’s a waste of time.
Chaina will be heaven to you then, everything decided for you, you just follow the CCP directions, n even save ur time no need to vote too .. oh, n when the MSS comes for you at midnight, don't scream cause no one will be there for u. .
Well sick of the constant threats to cut off water supply n whinning about unfair water price when they have gave up their right to change the contract.
@brianlee3508 first water supply contract already terminated, we are waiting for them to terminate the second one, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore already clearly stated our decision. No problem.
@shukriramlee Mahathir threatened to cut the water supply multiple times but nothing happened as the Johor government understands the severity if water supply is cut. It is not just military force that may need to be used but also internally as Johor also relies on Singapore for treated water...
@@Joekool88 Johor relies on Sg treated water? What are you talking about? 🤣. Your water supply isn't enough to feed your own people, don't even talk about the entire Johor. Only a small area in JB only! 🤣🤣🤣
I believe that Indonesian Salim-family owned First Pacific-owned Metro Pacific Investments-owned "Maynilad [Water Services]" has plans to do/copy lots of what singapore is doing with regard to their water supply concession in the Metro Manila Area, Philippines.
Hope singapre can create much larger reservoir space including from reclaim land from sea spaces. Their new public flats for Singaporen should be at average 50 floors to lower the high cost of living esp land space, and small room size are common concerns❤❤
Singapore govt is going to build a Long Island along the east coast that will serve as a reservoir as well as a housing estate. That place should be ready in 15 to 20 years time….
This video hit the nil on many points but, why is there a need to call Singapore sort of a controlled democracy country? As the video pointed out, Singapore made a lot right decisions. Most people acknowledge that and voted for the leading party. You can go down the rabbit hole and point out how the leading party may have positioned itself in a favorable position than other parties, but tell me this, which political party in other democracy don't do such a thing?
Lee Kuan Yew and his team were the ones that got these going. The Marina Barrage catchment area was his pet project. He knew that if we would be forever be Malaysia's slaves if we totally depended on Malaysia to supply us water.
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Singapore called themself a country while Jakarta(Indonesia) and its metropolis(any commuter/rural area Jakarta City) just province, and now because new capital its just a metropolis/ "A city". Ironically Singapore had problem with water supply which sometimes "disputed" with Malaysia, while Jakarta had "mismanagement"(honestly..No serious planning whatsoever) of its water supply control and as annually reported must be flooding on there. Good news is it's Singapore not Jakarta
Respect for Singapore from Pakistan. Hope that PPP( Secular,nationialist) government of Sindh could learn from Singapore. And help people of Karachi in water crises
Honestly the waste water would be great to use for some of our farming areas. Some farms are already having to ship in water so converting their systems to use recycled water wouldn't be that hard. We are already using it for golf greens and fountains.
0. Here's something interesting for you to think about. All of them talk about Singapore from a quasi academic point of view. Which one of them represents Singapore? 1. Singapore hasn't solved its looming water crisis, and her lack of water isn't really about climate change. 2. Singapore has NO natural resources (not just natural freshwater, or at least minimal) 3. Singapore hasn't chosen the "soft" path. Hard path is NOT AN OPTION without expansion. 4. They would argue that the HISTORY of the country is longer. Whether or not the water issue happens way before WW2 depends on who you ask. 5. The 2nd master agreement between Singapore and Malaysia regarding the sale of water lasts 100 years until around 2060. That being said, SG wants to reduce her dependence on water imports, so it isn't really true to say that she wants to STOP importing water. ((As it is mentioned, You WILL consider water independence if your supplier constantly threatens to cut it off)) 6. Suppose Singapore doesn't have the New Water system, they are gonna discharge a lot more grey water back... to themselves. You can try playing City Skylines to figure out how great of an idea that is. 7. Singapore does have democracy. It's just that when you look at the track record of the competing, the members in dominating parties seem to have more promise. But that is up for debate and I'm not gonna rely to one. 8. Singapore HAS to increase it by 55% to meet their growing needs. 9. Yes but Singapore's agricultural sector can't support itself.
Here’s a bit of math for you! Each desalination plant in Singapore can process at least 10% of water needs and we have at least 5 desalination plant now. The 5 water recycling plants is able to provide 45% of water to Singapore while 10% comes from the reservoirs. The only reason why we need to import from Malaysia now is because of the cost of desalination is much higher than raw water import.
Cool video and all but it sounds a bit like a fairy tale. I would appreciate it if we had information on 1. How cost effective this stuff is compared to the systems we use now? 2. How applicable this stuff is to a normal sized country as opposed to a compact city state?
Political leaders and civil servants who are very well paid (officially real wage) and who are going to be around for more than a 5 year term can carry out long term planning and successful project implementation.
Good documentary, DW. But, did you make that comment about Singapore being a “controlled democracy” with the same ruling party since 1965 because 1. You felt the need to imply that these accomplishments are not so possible in a “real” multi party system; or 2. great ideas that solve real global problems aren’t necessarily that great if the price is having a one party system?
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i AM fascinated by DW and other news finding expert about a subject they clearly not involve in, Pretty sure Singaporean expert that BUILT the system can be interviewed. Instead they pick the Western expert. This is about Singapore, Not single singaporean expert.
Hey there! We tried to reach Singapore's national water agency, PUB, but they declined to speak with us. It was also difficult to find experts in Singapore who are not affiliated with institutions funded or connected to the national water authorities, making it challenging to get a more neutral or critical perspective on the developments there.
I came here just to make a similar comment. An entire segment on Singapore handling a super important challenge in a stellar way, leading the way in the water management area. Yet not a single person from Singapore talking in the entire program. While the information was great, the entire program has this colonialist feel where we need the smart, superior westerners to talk for and about a successful and independent country as if it was still a helpless colony. Do better with your experts next time, DW.
@DWPlanetA what's wrong with representatives who were or are actively involved with the design, introduction and management of this clearly well working system in Singapoer? Would you ever do a segment about German waste management and recycling with only experts talking about it who are from Asia? Great and interesting info in the program - but you can do better when it comes to your 'experts'.
From the voice it is clearly a foreigner to Singapore. Being tropical countries, both Singapore and Malaysia have high rainfall. and we are surrounded by seawater. The technology is there to distill water from the sea, but it requires electricity. The land, both in Malaysia and Singapore cannot support people beyond a certain level. Under normal circumstances, there is no crisis. But when the western world tries to grow the global world population into unsustainable level, then it gets to crisis level. Those desert lands can't support enormous human populations for basic reasons. The west wants to pump up the population, then a real struggle happens. It is that artificial additions , through a capitalistic process. The western banks earn by lending money. The western countries buy carbon credits by making sophisticated Green investments in Asia's developing countries" but it is possible some corruption is involved. so it may not be a natural process. and any plug that is pulled ,it becomes a crisis quickly.
Better planning,that makes Singapore be successful country, unlike in the Philippines we still have water crisis,I don't know why our leaders don't solve this
Desalination is the weakest link in the chain because it is with a heavy energy consumption and wasted by-product problem. It may temporarily solve the water problem, but certainly unsustainable in the long term, especially on a large scale.
One issue not addressed: what do they do with the concentrated brine left over from desalination, and the sludge from wastewater treatment? They cant just dump this stuff on land and in the ocean without wrecking their environment.
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My prof in Uni shared with us that he was consulted by the government about how much sea levels will rise in 50 years time. It’s difficult to predict, but he did say prepare for 1m. And they took his advice and raised the development projects happening around Marina Bay by 1m. They look 50 years ahead. And ‘a few metres of sea level rise’ as OP said is a gross overestimation. 1 metre is indeed about right given current estimates.
If Singapore is able to plan long term for the lack of portable water, you can bet that they are also more than capable to plan for rising sea levels. You could search for Long Island Singapore for more information on that.
It’s not DW if it doesn’t take jab in Singapore government even in a video talking about what they have done right, “controlled democracy”? According to who and what benchmark? Just because the western countries are on decline due to the rise of nationalism and governments need to bow down to popularism and can’t do the right thing and get re-elected? Saying Singapore is a “controlled democracy” is an insult to Singapore government and its people.
One person to thank, Mahathir. People like him in UMNO scare us to build so many reservoirs, swimming pools. To add we have newater and desalination. If not for all the threats, we wouldn't have enough. Had we not imported 1 million Malaysians into Singapore, we don't need to import water from Malaysia.
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Singapore has the political will, well, mainly also due to its small population and resources vulnerability thus less influenced by weird culture and mindset. The population generally need to be rational to survive.
Water is an existential issue for Singapore. There is really no room for error. Singaporeans know this. If the government does not get it right, Singapore as a sovereign nation is finished, kaput!
@@alexmijoWhich is really bad. Dubai is having an issue with rising ocean salinity as a result of their desalination plants. Once salinity rises past a certain point it starts to lead to the creation of oceanic deserts or dead zones. Oceanic plant and animal life begin to die off.
@PoliticalEconomyPK At present, most of the brine we collected are sent to one of four waste-to-energy incineration plants to be burnt alongside other solid wastes as ash, which can be procured for either construction of brick-layered roads, or be directly buried in an offshore landfill facility on an island that will be, in the future, after the landfill is fully built, turned into a nature park. Most of our wastes are chemically treated with industry-standard filtration processes, so that they are all removed of dangerous impurities before being sent to the landfill. We are in the process of adopting best practices from other countries and private corporations, investing in R&D to restore more material for re-use in manufacturing, especially w.r.t. plastic-hydrocarbons & materials recovery. The same approach is also done on desalination processes, we want to re-use the brine into useful materials outside construction. At present we have money but nobody researching. Help us by going into waste recovery research and discover new ways to do so.
Singapore authorities has done research into the brine that was poured back to the ocean and found it doesn’t affect the marine life in the surrounding.
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As a Singaporean I do find it strange too. However, these experts are foreigner and independent, so it gives an unbiased view on how good Singapore is at solving it's water needs
Hey Jeff! Thank you for asking. We tried to reach Singapore's national water agency, PUB, but they declined to speak with us. It was also difficult to find experts in Singapore who are not affiliated with institutions funded or connected to the national water authorities, making it challenging to get a more neutral or critical perspective on the developments there.
The re-emergence/recognition of ecology’s influence on regional hydrology/weather regime may alter the perspective wrt to water. Industrial agriculture and concrete urban land use sterilizes regional biomes responsible for nutrient and hydrological recycling and temperature stabilization. What the mainstream economic path does is destroy the very productivity it only imitates through massive carbon inputs.
The "solved" part of the title is misleading. Desalination is its own energy crisis. Reservoirs contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, CO2, methane, and water-vapor. How about disposing of toilet waste with aeolian-processes? Sand and soil can quickly create aerobic digestion, instead of transporting it thru plumbing, and reduce methane production in otherwise anoxic sewage syteems.
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Singapore could negotiate with Johore / M'sia government to enclose the waters between Johore and Singapore in order to create a man-made fresh water reservoir in due course.
Why this malusia always quarrel with your neighbours countries ,conflict Philippines (Sabah) conflict Indonesia (culture,claim)conflict.Thailand (Pattani)conflict.Singapore (water and food claim)
Wtf, Sabah are under Malaysia. The Philippines that try to claim sabah through Sulu insurgents, remember Lahad Datu invasion? Who attacks who? No one claims Pattani,but the southern Thai population is mostly Malay that wants independence or joining Malaysia. Indonesian conflicts are just stupid and inherited hate from Malaysia independence and refused to join Indonesia
South of Thailand to Singapore and Sumatra used to be Malay land. The tension with the Philippines is a long story, where the Sulu Sultanate of the Philippines had given land in Borneo to Brunei until the British came. For some reason, the Sulu Sultanate wanted to take back the land in Borneo that already belonged to Malaysia.
@@klewank2615 "used to be" which means past tense. As a Singaporean myself. My understandings, we are neighbours and holding different type of Passport.
I’m fortunate enough to live in a state that has an abundance of fresh water. My water source is glacial runoff and only Uv treated. Main advantage of having water abundance are low taxes, healthy population, & 30 min guilt free daily showers. One day we won’t have these glaciers but til then better use the water than having it pour out into the ocean. I’m slowing down sea level rise with my showers 🙈
I live in Florida. We get three times as much water as Texas. It all needs treatment. Florida, the Swamp State. Come for the Everglades, stay buried of Malaria/dysentery/cholera/etc. We are as uninhabitable as Utah.
Every time they features Singapore in the films or documentary, the western media/journalists will always mentioned that Singapore is a " tight controlled society" meaning it's people are controlled somehow. Being born and raised here,I don't feel controlled at any time in my whole life. We have very free and fair elections every 4-5 years. Politicians here say what they do and do what they said.There is no insurrections like what happen in countries where they got freedom of speech/expression but looks what happen to them. They got nothing done and their infrastructures are in a deplorable stage.😢
Ok, so water Independence, but no food Independence at all, and all with fossil energy. I am not sure it is the best example of sustainability. But sure, not wasting water, collecting rain water, and "recycling" water are great strategies.
In the Philippines, there are about 30000 water refilling stations using reverse osmosis system where in 40% drinkable and 60% "waste". 60% is a lot. This country maybe the worst in terms of saving water. This should be regulated, the government should regain trust to the community that their water is safe to drink straihmght from the faucet in that way people stope building refilling stations that's not regulated by the goverment. Unfornately, this country is not doing well in all aspects. I can only dream of leading this country (not politically) but I have to work 1000x to make it happen. I belong to .001% of the population who cares fpr our country.
Is there enough water where you live?
Sadly no 😢
On our island we have a population of between 3500 and 4500 depending on number of visitors and have only relatively recently sorted a sustainable supply for the homes and distilleries etc, being a Scottish west coast Isle it very rarely dries out ! Water is well purified,on a ring main ,with one main and two sub treatment plants, no sediments or strong tastes , occasional chlorine tang , but a far cry from the water up north end of Jura ! There it came straight from the hill with all the micro organisms and stained everything brown from the peat . OK boiled for tea... was eventually sorted I believe, I hope so, a drop of that water under the microscope was fascinating 😮😮
Why are not you on Odysee?
Yes we are lucky here in Slovenia that water supply is really good
In south Africa there is but the problem is many of it is wasted up. 40 percent of is wasted on leaks and the water treatment plants are badly maintained which means if you have water, it is undrinkable so in south Africa there is enough water, but problem is it is wasted or dirty
As a Singaporean, I appreciate the foresight demonstrated by our leaders in planning for the future. Ironically, Dr. Mahathir's threat to halt the supply of raw water to Singapore has prompted our leadership to remain vigilant and not take our resources for granted.
As a Malaysian, I admire the SG's good governance and well-planned administration to prepare and tackle future issues. I guess we can learn from each other by being neighbours.
@@SS1Y Mahathir's threats are just empty threads. He is well aware that halting the water supply is a breach of an agreement that is legally binding under international law. Under the Geneva Convention, the blockade of a fundamental resource required for human survival is equivalent to an act of war. A war that Malaysia has no hope of winning.
Indeed, as I commented elsewhere, it was Mahathir's threat of cutting our water supply, and disputes over how it should be priced, that motivated us to go all-in on water desalination and recycling. With what Malaysia was demanding we pay them for their water supply, it was decided that water desalination and recycling would be economically feasible, since the financial cost of both options were going to be about the same anyway - the latter route having the added bonus of us not needing to be dependent on external sources for our water supply.
By 2060 the people of Singapore will be drinking mostly drainage water. Disgusting...
@@IMatthew26 Not much for Singaporeans to learn from Malaysians.
I'm in Western Australia and our government is absolutely useless when it comes to water. Instead of funding waterwise education they fund ads that blame household use. . . which is only 6% of water consumed. An uninformed population can't address the true giants of water consumption. They refuse to address poor infrastructure, regulation, and innovation.
The government absolutely won't mention the overseas owned mining and oil production who use 35% of potable water because our politicians all have their hands in oil and mining pockets.
I live out bush so we have a water tank and are incredibly conservative with how we use and reuse water. Water for dishes and showers is then used for the washing machine then flows into a grey water tank that supplies the gardens, air cons, toilets, and emergency reserves for the firies and bush fire sprinkler system.
We've had extreme drought for two years and looking at another, even more desperate summer.
if only desalination was cheaper
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I would recommend to check out Zaytuna farm Geoff Lawton (the youtube channel is Discover Permaculture). He is a well known Australian Permaculture teacher. And one of the most important tasks in permaculture is to manage water. Zaytuna farm is in NSW, so they probably have more rain than WA. Geoff has also mentored a project in Jordan near the Dead Sea (Greening the Desert, that goes on for 12 years). There water is very scarce, I guess they beat you when it comes to using every drop several times ;)
Maybe you could get some inspiration (especially regarding eathworks = swales, dams, ponds). In permaculture they often dig trenches (called swales) that store and then infiltrate water into the soil in case of heavy rain. So the ground stores the water, and it replenishes the aquifers (if the operation is large enough). Depending on how much rain you get on average that could result in new springs coming up. Else the stored water will only benefit the vegetation especially trees (which can make all the difference in case of a wildfire if not everything is bone dry)
On Zaytuna farm they have around 20 ponds now (approx. 1 for every year of transforming that former cattle ranch), plenty of swales, and the surplus of water in the soil started some springs as well, so if they did not have other water sources they could use that.
@@xXxSkyViperxXx It's not cheap, there are usually 2 problems with desalination.
1. It's extremely ENERGY intensive! You actually need a nuclear power plant to run a desalination plant efficiently.
2. The by product from desalination is often pure waste, and desalinated seawater contains no minerals needed for the human body.
Because such projects are long term, at least a decade to finish.
Which means that chances are any politician who proposes it will be long out of office long before it is finished, and the guy who takes over will steal the credit for it. Far easier to go for short term solutions and short term wins
Good, discipline and capable Civil Servants make a huge difference.
Also important: commiserate your civil servants' performances on proper key performance indicators, meaning, act like you are in a private corporation. Slack once, off you go.
Singapore can ill-afford to have 2 million civil servants that oftentimes get featured in the news by being caught with corrupt practices. See: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's raid on multiple immigration officers involved in fake entry permit schemes these past week.
U speak like an acolyte indoctrinated from young............heard of the term COST EFFECTIVENESS.......which is ABSENT amongst so-called "elites" or what LKY had called "top talents"?
Paying for use of water and pay for waste water management ie PUB is the public utility board. When pump tap water comes with the monthly charge per unit. The cost to remove waste water including rainwater is paid monthly. This allows for rainwater management and recycling to clean tap water. This means we pay for water resources and recycling to provide for the environment and infrastructure . Irrigation and sanitation is a major concern for our environment and infrastructure. We value our water resources equally as we value our environment today. The world needs to respect our water resources and environment as a means for sustaining our environment and protecting our planet.
Civil service in singapore is full of red tape and bureaucracy.
By 2060 the people of Singapore will be drinking mostly drainage water. Disgusting...
Great video, since dry season are longer and at the same time heavy rainning are more offen, Singapore gives a perfect follow example.
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By 2060 the people of Singapore will be drinking mostly drainage water. Disgusting...
I've been passionately following Singapore for many reasons, for a number of years. I strongly believe given their current path, they will be the strongest city state in the world, and will be one of the strongest nations in the world in the future. They are possibly the best example of what the world of tomorrow will look like.
Vatican City already has that title. Does nothing and got tons of money.
as a singaporean. no
we are slowly crumbling
@@owo4470 how so?
@@JXZ-JAM low birth rate. rising cost, general unhappiness of its populace, our inability to maintain our status if we have global strifes.
@owo4470 well immigration is high and you're pretty crammed on that island. Singapore bank is one of the most trusted in the world and taxes are near non existant. It's like the wealth hub of Asia.
1. Singapore has been very lucky since self-governing in 1959 , followed by independence in 1965 .
2. Its founding father Lee Kuan Yew ( 1923 -2015 ) and his extraordinary team had the far-sighted vision , implemented the pragmatic approach to tackle all sorts of problems , set the high standard of clean and effective government leadership , with the selfless mind to continuously improve the well-being of the people.
3. These nation improvement spirits are the impetus for the second , third and fourth generation political leaders.
There is a debate among historians about whether the Time makes the Man, or the Man makes the Time. The post WWII age made many men like Ferdinand Marcos. Why was LKY different? Sure Singapore was small and poor. There was still enough to fill HIS pockets. Either as a regional strong man in Malaysia or as an independent dictator. He chose to be the Man that makes the Time. Sonny could have invaded Malaysia and taken a fifth and ignored the rest. Instead, I keep on seeing SG bending backwards to cooperate with a nation ROTTEN with corruption and incompetence. Just to be friendly. Because Singapore is the World's friend.
Just don't spit on the street.
This is fantastic news, didn’t realize Singapore was doing such a great job. Here in California our state government cries about our lack of water and yet all year long they dump fresh water into the ocean. One big rain storm drops more water than we can use in a year and we don’t capture it, then in early spring the snow melts on the Sierras and again we don’t capture but a small percentage of it. Crazy!!!
I was in LA earlier this month and the Uber driver was telling me how bad the water situation is in LA, and all they did was increase prices.
I thought the idea of siphoning water from the East coast to the West coast was spawned by your government a decade ago? What happened?
China has already done it and is still in the process of building larger underground canals to siphon flood water out of flood prone regions.
A fellow singaporean here
We singaporeans have to thank the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew,without him,sg wont be where it is todayy
He had 20/20 foresight honestly
no thank the engineers
By 2060 the people of Singapore will be drinking mostly drainage water. Disgusting. Have fun drinking diarrhea water :)
@@realcartoongirlIn this case, an engineer can concede that this particular manager (lky) has the vision and foresight to do what was needed.
@@realcartoongirl yes LKY was the face of the movement but really it was his team (a lot were engineers) that did the heavy lifting
This is amazing stuff. If I was in charge of Saudi Arabia or Arizona I'd be hiring Singaporean water consultants right now.
As a Singaporean, it's painful to see some salty comments below against the ideology of our progression (a few requires some form of desalination 🤣) Of course we know that there's no perfect plan or perfect system, but we choose to recognise our Weaknesses and then excel in our Wins. We are given brains to be used to hunt for strategic advantages, coopetition and partnerships, not to yap against our 'disadvantages' 😀
By 2060 the people of Singapore will be drinking mostly drainage water. Enjoy :)
In Singapore you research, you work, you pay whatever you have to and then get it done. A bit more every day. Admirable but ultimately just the commonsense approach. You get no merit from doing the obvious. Which is a slap on the face to everybody else since they can't do even that much
Amazing what a functioning government can achieve. Good video! Nice to have historic context.
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Johor actually buy back treated water from Singapore
And they sell it back to their "rayat" for even more
Sultan of Johor fav drink is Singapore's Newater
The flavor of 6 mil Singapore people.
@@xijinpig7978Johor water Infrastructure simply not Enough and it's Cheaper in short term to buy Singapore treated water than build a new one.
Sssshhhhh don't let Malaysians know this.
So Sg doesn't need Malaysia water then because they have their own water now.
The Sustainability Museum out at Singapore Marina Barrage explains this in great detail, and is an incredibly interesting visit especially if you take a free guided tour - our tour guide was amazing and very frank.
Thanks. Didn’t know about it
Singapore struggled with water since World War II, depending a lot on imports. Now, it's a world champ in keeping water use sustainable.
When Singapore were buying raw water from Johore I asked my Brother-In-Law would they do if Malaysia turned off the water supply. He replied "They will effectively turn off their own water supply because we sell the treated water back to them".
Too bad small brain people cannot understand basic logic
What many people may not realize is that the treated water Singapore sells back to Johor is heavily subsidized. It costs Singapore $2.40 to treat every thousand gallons of water to make it safe for consumption, but we sell this treated water to Johor for just 50 cents per thousand gallons. This means Singapore incurs a loss of $1.90 for every thousand gallons sold.
This dynamic is why Dr. Mahathir often threatens to raise the price of raw water but goes silent whenever Singapore counters by stating that, if necessary, we would have to proportionally increase the price of treated water supplied to Johor.
proud to be Singaporean
As a Malaysian, I can confirm that we are drinking Singaporean Water
You mean OUR water right?
more new water i hope.LOL
@@KinDiedYesterday From what I read, SG had processed Malaysian water (#ValueAdded) .
Temasik, Johor Darul Tazim, Malaysia
@@KinDiedYesterday Our water, purified at their expense.
I really enjoyed the video.👍🏾
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SINGAPORE - Singapore leads the world in the provision of safe and clean drinking water in the latest ranking of 180 countries by Yale University.16 Aug 2024
We pay for the privilege since independence. We pay for removal of sewerage and rainwater from our homes. We pay for flood prevention measures for our roads and tunnels. We pay for sustainable development and infrastructure to maintain flood protection and improve rainwater management on our streets and highways.
@@gha9543 Everyone in every country pays
@@NewmaticKe yet some coastal towns are flooded once or even twice in a year.
Singapore best 🤩
Nothing best about drinking drainage water.
So many great solutions for water scarcity! Love this!!
Singapore used to cut off water for different areas in housing estates. This let the older generation appreciate how inconvenient it is to be without fresh water. Today, young Singaporeans do not experienced this and many took for granted that fresh water is always there.
I'd love a definition of "ultra pure water", what is done to the NEWater residue - the part that's filtered and treated out, as well as more on the insanely low leakage of 5%. It's a city state, but...wow. my municipality here in Norway is at 50%.
the rainfall of waters is huge..the problem is they did not have reservoirs to capture if sufficiently. they need buildings or underground water reservoir
Yes like the many squares of Venice which serve as underground wells
if Philippines had those we would have unlimited water supply lol
Singapore has a network of underground water reservoirs strategically positioned across the country, wasn’t covered in the video
Its still necessary for Singapore to import food, because its obviously impossible to grow everything locally, but food is much easier to import than water.
Have just been in Singapore last month, and was impressed by its water solutions, including the water education you mentioned. Hmm, I think that's something other countries can learn.
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@@DWPlanetA Aha, already subscribed. Thanks for your work and video!
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Can share what you have observed ? first most i’m a Singaporean, I just want a different perspective view.
Denmark should learn something who released tons of toilet sewage right in the ocean.
Not to mention Paris
As someone living in Copenhagen, yes please. There's a reason I will not swim in the ocean in a large radius around Copenhagen.
Dont they treat the seage before release?
@@hijazzains They should, but the problem is that the capacity for wastewater in the treatment plants is not enough, so when there's more than it can contain, no. And btw it's been a known issue for years that there's a need to expand the capacity, but it's not being done. I am not amused personally.
@@Howtofewithlove In Singapore, water is first recovered from the sewage, next biogas gas is extracted and used to incinerate the sludge. Finally the ash is used in reclamation.
Good governance is key to Singapore's sucess
Every country needs to understand the scarcity of water. New water was laughed at by others but now Singapore has the last laugh.
One previous Malaysian's prime minister even said Singaporean are drinking sewage water
I was born in the 60's. Back in those days, Malaysia always used the water to threaten us. I remember MM Lee Kuan Yew once told us... "Malaysia will turn off the tap... if Singapore doesn't do according to the Malaysian wish". Hence, we embarked the long journey to "water independence" from Malaysia. In the 70's, we used to have water ration exercises when I was living in a kampong (village). There were even rumours that Singapore will go to war if Malaysia "turn off the tap"... Long story short, here we are today. We have our own water... Because of our past struggles so, I don't complaint whenever it rains heavily or even there were serious flooding... We need water for our survival & I don't take Singapore's troubled past for granted. No matter what happens... Singapore will always be my home...
As far as I know, most Singaporeans love the rain 😂. I don’t mind rainy days at all …
Oh yes! Water rationing exercise
Dear DW Planet Team , Awesome Videos You All are making on this Chanel , About so many diverse topic about crisis and solutions , Loved your videos Dear kindly keep making on these types different topics , Which is making people more aware about the issue on going across the world.
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@@DWPlanetA Dear Team You All Are Doing Awesome Work So it need Appreciation ❤❤
A very interesting video guys! I live in the UK and we can't seem to be able to build large infrastructure atm. I would like to understand why Singapore is capable of delivering and many other nations are not.
Which part of one party rule and tightly controlled society did you not understand?
@@waisinglee1509 That [de facto] one party rule and tightly-controlled society you're saying are democratically elected btw.
Because we have a technocratic government and because our government is not bogged down by inane fights between political parties.
Singapore is a one-party state, do you want UK to be a one-party state?
@@SuperValue350again, Singapore is Not a one party state. The ruling party won with majority of votes n there are opposition parties in government as well. And it is this political stability that allows the government to do what its needs for the people; not for selfish political gains/fame, greed (via corruption), etc.
How did Singapore do all these n more?
Simple, via good clean pragmatic leaders with the political will n most importantly, with the mandate of the people supporting them.
After WW2 n independence, it was either do or die for us.
And don't forget, Singapore is Not the only democratic country run by a majority voted in political party. If I'm not wrong Japan as well since WW2?
So what choice of government would u rather have?
Led by a strong capable party with majority of votes from the people to exact the necessary changes to better the nation?
Or an ineffective government besieged by infighting to the point of incompetence, just to prove who's right? As a citizen of your country, it is ultimately your choice n your vote, isn't it?
10:56 This is for every decision in Singapore not just with its water situation.
BINGO
Singapore's on it. Don't worry, it's on us.
The phrase "controlled" democracy is unnecessary. As a Singaporean, I am glad that we can focus on better issues than dwelling into different political parties of interest, like how it is happening in those so-called very "advance" democratic countries which hardly any policies can be be approved in parliment. Such an inefficiencies.
I agree with you. I hate that every time a video is about Singapore, they try to make the success look like it was due to some totalitarian dictatorship or something. One party for ~ 6 million people vs two parties for ~ 330 million people in the US, for example.... I'd say Singapore is doing quite well. The government should be powerful so that it can address the needs of its people efficiently without corporate lobbying or other nonsense that happens in some other places.
@person880 in Singapore elections are free, it's the people who reelects the PAP, because just look how the City State developed since independence, and the high level of quality of living. I am Hungarian, so according to DW i live in a "controlled democracy". I don't totally agree with Viktor Orbán, but i apreciate the political stability of my country, the safety, and development (infrastructural and economic) which the country is going through. Or just take Bavaria, a southern german state. The same party, CSU is in power since 1958 without discontinuation. Why? because the Bavarian reelects it, usually it obtained around 50% of the votes, but now the party declined, but got 37% at the last election . Bavaria is the most wealthy german state.
Agreed, many foreigners confuse democracy with political conflict. The idea that you can have a stable and peaceful democracy makes them confused.
If the people get a say in what they want, that’s democracy. If they get what they want, it’s effective governance. If they get stonewalled due to opposing political interests, that’s a waste of time.
Your mindset shows you really dont live in a "controlled" democracy but a dictatorship!
Chaina will be heaven to you then, everything decided for you, you just follow the CCP directions, n even save ur time no need to vote too .. oh, n when the MSS comes for you at midnight, don't scream cause no one will be there for u. .
Well sick of the constant threats to cut off water supply n whinning about unfair water price when they have gave up their right to change the contract.
Okay, just cut the water supply then. Singapore is "successfully" securing their water supply. 😂😂😂
@@shukriramlee If it could be done, it would have already been done. Stale
@brianlee3508 first water supply contract already terminated, we are waiting for them to terminate the second one, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore already clearly stated our decision. No problem.
@shukriramlee Mahathir threatened to cut the water supply multiple times but nothing happened as the Johor government understands the severity if water supply is cut.
It is not just military force that may need to be used but also internally as Johor also relies on Singapore for treated water...
@@Joekool88 Johor relies on Sg treated water? What are you talking about? 🤣. Your water supply isn't enough to feed your own people, don't even talk about the entire Johor. Only a small area in JB only! 🤣🤣🤣
These efforts have made Singapore one of the most water-secure countries in the world, despite its limited natural water resources
Awesome information
I believe that Indonesian Salim-family owned First Pacific-owned Metro Pacific Investments-owned "Maynilad [Water Services]" has plans to do/copy lots of what singapore is doing with regard to their water supply concession in the Metro Manila Area, Philippines.
Hope singapre can create much larger reservoir space including from reclaim land from sea spaces.
Their new public flats for Singaporen should be at average 50 floors to lower the high cost of living esp land space, and small room size are common concerns❤❤
Singapore govt is going to build a Long Island along the east coast that will serve as a reservoir as well as a housing estate. That place should be ready in 15 to 20 years time….
This video hit the nil on many points but, why is there a need to call Singapore sort of a controlled democracy country? As the video pointed out, Singapore made a lot right decisions. Most people acknowledge that and voted for the leading party. You can go down the rabbit hole and point out how the leading party may have positioned itself in a favorable position than other parties, but tell me this, which political party in other democracy don't do such a thing?
Western media always bash the government... there's more than a few unjust reports, that various ministers and even LKY have hit back at.
Lee Kuan Yew and his team were the ones that got these going. The Marina Barrage catchment area was his pet project. He knew that if we would be forever be Malaysia's slaves if we totally depended on Malaysia to supply us water.
Nice, but what energy source are they using to desalt water ?
This is a good point, and as we point out in the video, conventionally desalination is powered by dirty fossil fuels.
Long live Singapore
this is the vibe
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Singapore called themself a country while Jakarta(Indonesia) and its metropolis(any commuter/rural area Jakarta City) just province, and now because new capital its just a metropolis/ "A city". Ironically Singapore had problem with water supply which sometimes "disputed" with Malaysia, while Jakarta had "mismanagement"(honestly..No serious planning whatsoever) of its water supply control and as annually reported must be flooding on there. Good news is it's Singapore not Jakarta
Thank you.
Respect for Singapore from Pakistan.
Hope that PPP( Secular,nationialist) government of Sindh could learn from Singapore.
And help people of Karachi in water crises
leave it man, they can't even fix roads and current infrastructure in Karachi, yet alone solve a much more complex water crisis.
Honestly the waste water would be great to use for some of our farming areas. Some farms are already having to ship in water so converting their systems to use recycled water wouldn't be that hard. We are already using it for golf greens and fountains.
0. Here's something interesting for you to think about. All of them talk about Singapore from a quasi academic point of view. Which one of them represents Singapore?
1. Singapore hasn't solved its looming water crisis, and her lack of water isn't really about climate change.
2. Singapore has NO natural resources (not just natural freshwater, or at least minimal)
3. Singapore hasn't chosen the "soft" path. Hard path is NOT AN OPTION without expansion.
4. They would argue that the HISTORY of the country is longer. Whether or not the water issue happens way before WW2 depends on who you ask.
5. The 2nd master agreement between Singapore and Malaysia regarding the sale of water lasts 100 years until around 2060. That being said, SG wants to reduce her dependence on water imports, so it isn't really true to say that she wants to STOP importing water. ((As it is mentioned, You WILL consider water independence if your supplier constantly threatens to cut it off))
6. Suppose Singapore doesn't have the New Water system, they are gonna discharge a lot more grey water back... to themselves. You can try playing City Skylines to figure out how great of an idea that is.
7. Singapore does have democracy. It's just that when you look at the track record of the competing, the members in dominating parties seem to have more promise. But that is up for debate and I'm not gonna rely to one.
8. Singapore HAS to increase it by 55% to meet their growing needs.
9. Yes but Singapore's agricultural sector can't support itself.
Here’s a bit of math for you! Each desalination plant in Singapore can process at least 10% of water needs and we have at least 5 desalination plant now. The 5 water recycling plants is able to provide 45% of water to Singapore while 10% comes from the reservoirs. The only reason why we need to import from Malaysia now is because of the cost of desalination is much higher than raw water import.
Cool video and all but it sounds a bit like a fairy tale. I would appreciate it if we had information on
1. How cost effective this stuff is compared to the systems we use now?
2. How applicable this stuff is to a normal sized country as opposed to a compact city state?
What is the size of their underground facility for desalination?
Political leaders and civil servants who are very well paid (officially real wage) and who are going to be around for more than a 5 year term can carry out long term planning and successful project implementation.
Good documentary, DW. But, did you make that comment about Singapore being a “controlled democracy” with the same ruling party since 1965 because
1. You felt the need to imply that these accomplishments are not so possible in a “real” multi party system; or
2. great ideas that solve real global problems aren’t necessarily that great if the price is having a one party system?
Amazing
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i AM fascinated by DW and other news finding expert about a subject they clearly not involve in, Pretty sure Singaporean expert that BUILT the system can be interviewed. Instead they pick the Western expert. This is about Singapore, Not single singaporean expert.
Hey there! We tried to reach Singapore's national water agency, PUB, but they declined to speak with us. It was also difficult to find experts in Singapore who are not affiliated with institutions funded or connected to the national water authorities, making it challenging to get a more neutral or critical perspective on the developments there.
I came here just to make a similar comment. An entire segment on Singapore handling a super important challenge in a stellar way, leading the way in the water management area. Yet not a single person from Singapore talking in the entire program. While the information was great, the entire program has this colonialist feel where we need the smart, superior westerners to talk for and about a successful and independent country as if it was still a helpless colony. Do better with your experts next time, DW.
@DWPlanetA what's wrong with representatives who were or are actively involved with the design, introduction and management of this clearly well working system in Singapoer? Would you ever do a segment about German waste management and recycling with only experts talking about it who are from Asia? Great and interesting info in the program - but you can do better when it comes to your 'experts'.
From the voice it is clearly a foreigner to Singapore. Being tropical countries, both Singapore and Malaysia have high rainfall. and we are surrounded by seawater. The technology is there to distill water from the sea, but it requires electricity. The land, both in Malaysia and Singapore cannot support people beyond a certain level. Under normal circumstances, there is no crisis. But when the western world tries to grow the global world population into unsustainable level, then it gets to crisis level. Those desert lands can't support enormous human populations for basic reasons. The west wants to pump up the population, then a real struggle happens. It is that artificial additions , through a capitalistic process. The western banks earn by lending money. The western countries buy carbon credits by making sophisticated Green investments in Asia's developing countries" but it is possible some corruption is involved. so it may not be a natural process. and any plug that is pulled ,it becomes a crisis quickly.
Better planning,that makes Singapore be successful country, unlike in the Philippines we still have water crisis,I don't know why our leaders don't solve this
Desalination is the weakest link in the chain because it is with a heavy energy consumption and wasted by-product problem. It may temporarily solve the water problem, but certainly unsustainable in the long term, especially on a large scale.
One issue not addressed: what do they do with the concentrated brine left over from desalination, and the sludge from wastewater treatment? They cant just dump this stuff on land and in the ocean without wrecking their environment.
"It's green"
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They'll build walls or hills. Just like NYC or London. It will be the poor countries and cities that will be gone sadly.
My prof in Uni shared with us that he was consulted by the government about how much sea levels will rise in 50 years time. It’s difficult to predict, but he did say prepare for 1m. And they took his advice and raised the development projects happening around Marina Bay by 1m.
They look 50 years ahead.
And ‘a few metres of sea level rise’ as OP said is a gross overestimation. 1 metre is indeed about right given current estimates.
Indonesia government had just approved export of "sedimentation". Singapore will import the "sedimentation" to reclaim land and seawalls.
If Singapore is able to plan long term for the lack of portable water, you can bet that they are also more than capable to plan for rising sea levels. You could search for Long Island Singapore for more information on that.
It’s not DW if it doesn’t take jab in Singapore government even in a video talking about what they have done right, “controlled democracy”? According to who and what benchmark? Just because the western countries are on decline due to the rise of nationalism and governments need to bow down to popularism and can’t do the right thing and get re-elected? Saying Singapore is a “controlled democracy” is an insult to Singapore government and its people.
How noble 😮👏
Good job, Singapore
One person to thank, Mahathir. People like him in UMNO scare us to build so many reservoirs, swimming pools. To add we have newater and desalination. If not for all the threats, we wouldn't have enough. Had we not imported 1 million Malaysians into Singapore, we don't need to import water from Malaysia.
When will DW do a segment on Who blew up Nord Stream pipelines and the harm it caused the environment?
What happens to the salt when seawater is desalinated?
When you purify the water from the toilet, what do you do with the waste residue?
Fertilizer.
Wow even me who is not a singaporean proud how their government taking care of their citizens
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Singapore has the political will, well, mainly also due to its small population and resources vulnerability thus less influenced by weird culture and mindset. The population generally need to be rational to survive.
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The story about what Singapore to do a flood prevention..
Hope Indian politicians learn something from Singapore
Water is an existential issue for Singapore. There is really no room for error. Singaporeans know this. If the government does not get it right, Singapore as a sovereign nation is finished, kaput!
Nice video, but I'm a little curious if they are so into desalination, what do they do with all the brine?
probably put it back in the ocean right?
@@alexmijoWhich is really bad. Dubai is having an issue with rising ocean salinity as a result of their desalination plants. Once salinity rises past a certain point it starts to lead to the creation of oceanic deserts or dead zones. Oceanic plant and animal life begin to die off.
@@cboy0394 idk much about it, but why cant they produce salt?
@PoliticalEconomyPK At present, most of the brine we collected are sent to one of four waste-to-energy incineration plants to be burnt alongside other solid wastes as ash, which can be procured for either construction of brick-layered roads, or be directly buried in an offshore landfill facility on an island that will be, in the future, after the landfill is fully built, turned into a nature park.
Most of our wastes are chemically treated with industry-standard filtration processes, so that they are all removed of dangerous impurities before being sent to the landfill. We are in the process of adopting best practices from other countries and private corporations, investing in R&D to restore more material for re-use in manufacturing, especially w.r.t. plastic-hydrocarbons & materials recovery. The same approach is also done on desalination processes, we want to re-use the brine into useful materials outside construction. At present we have money but nobody researching. Help us by going into waste recovery research and discover new ways to do so.
Singapore authorities has done research into the brine that was poured back to the ocean and found it doesn’t affect the marine life in the surrounding.
very interesting
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Use dehumidifiers of all sizes, as welll.
Strange that the video find foreign water "expert" to comment instead of interviewing the local water authorities.
because self praise is no praise.
As a Singaporean I do find it strange too. However, these experts are foreigner and independent, so it gives an unbiased view on how good Singapore is at solving it's water needs
Local water authorities have no interest discussin state secrets with international fools. Pay us first if you want to learn.
@@edwinpoon how much?
Hey Jeff! Thank you for asking. We tried to reach Singapore's national water agency, PUB, but they declined to speak with us. It was also difficult to find experts in Singapore who are not affiliated with institutions funded or connected to the national water authorities, making it challenging to get a more neutral or critical perspective on the developments there.
10:23 MY HOME!
Good job, Singapore!
ultraindustrial desalination plant will keep the water price down
Which country did Singapore fight ?
The re-emergence/recognition of ecology’s influence on regional hydrology/weather regime may alter the perspective wrt to water. Industrial agriculture and concrete urban land use sterilizes regional biomes responsible for nutrient and hydrological recycling and temperature stabilization. What the mainstream economic path does is destroy the very productivity it only imitates through massive carbon inputs.
The "solved" part of the title is misleading. Desalination is its own energy crisis. Reservoirs contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, CO2, methane, and water-vapor.
How about disposing of toilet waste with aeolian-processes? Sand and soil can quickly create aerobic digestion, instead of transporting it thru plumbing, and reduce methane production in otherwise anoxic sewage syteems.
I want video about australia please
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I remenber when i was living in australia that rainning water storage was mandatory for new buildings.
I want video about desert australia is turning green @@DWPlanetA
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Please make video about desert australia turning green @@DWPlanetA
Aren't there any factories, rice paddies or fields in Singapore?
Virtually no agriculture. Singapore is about the size of NYC.
Singapore could negotiate with Johore / M'sia government to enclose the waters between Johore and Singapore in order to create a man-made fresh water reservoir in due course.
As the western world battles high crime rates, the Singapore model is something we should all follow.
Why this malusia always quarrel with your neighbours countries ,conflict Philippines (Sabah) conflict Indonesia (culture,claim)conflict.Thailand (Pattani)conflict.Singapore (water and food claim)
Wtf, Sabah are under Malaysia. The Philippines that try to claim sabah through Sulu insurgents, remember Lahad Datu invasion? Who attacks who?
No one claims Pattani,but the southern Thai population is mostly Malay that wants independence or joining Malaysia.
Indonesian conflicts are just stupid and inherited hate from Malaysia independence and refused to join Indonesia
South of Thailand to Singapore and Sumatra used to be Malay land. The tension with the Philippines is a long story, where the Sulu Sultanate of the Philippines had given land in Borneo to Brunei until the British came. For some reason, the Sulu Sultanate wanted to take back the land in Borneo that already belonged to Malaysia.
@@klewank2615 "used to be" which means past tense. As a Singaporean myself. My understandings, we are neighbours and holding different type of Passport.
What about the immense waste produced during desalination? where do they drop it? in Ocean??
Where are nuclear waste dumped?
I’m fortunate enough to live in a state that has an abundance of fresh water. My water source is glacial runoff and only Uv treated. Main advantage of having water abundance are low taxes, healthy population, & 30 min guilt free daily showers. One day we won’t have these glaciers but til then better use the water than having it pour out into the ocean. I’m slowing down sea level rise with my showers 🙈
I live in Florida. We get three times as much water as Texas. It all needs treatment. Florida, the Swamp State. Come for the Everglades, stay buried of Malaria/dysentery/cholera/etc. We are as uninhabitable as Utah.
Can you guys consider doing a video on illegal mining and the damage it has done to the water bodies in Ghana?
Every time they features Singapore in the films or documentary, the western media/journalists will always mentioned that Singapore is a " tight controlled society" meaning it's people are controlled somehow. Being born and raised here,I don't feel controlled at any time in my whole life. We have very free and fair elections every 4-5 years. Politicians here say what they do and do what they said.There is no insurrections like what happen in countries where they got freedom of speech/expression but looks what happen to them. They got nothing done and their infrastructures are in a deplorable stage.😢
With Malaysia growing impatient over buying its own water back from an AFFLUENT nation. Singapore's actual clock is short.
Ok, so water Independence, but no food Independence at all, and all with fossil energy. I am not sure it is the best example of sustainability. But sure, not wasting water, collecting rain water, and "recycling" water are great strategies.
In the Philippines, there are about 30000 water refilling stations using reverse osmosis system where in 40% drinkable and 60% "waste". 60% is a lot. This country maybe the worst in terms of saving water. This should be regulated, the government should regain trust to the community that their water is safe to drink straihmght from the faucet in that way people stope building refilling stations that's not regulated by the goverment. Unfornately, this country is not doing well in all aspects. I can only dream of leading this country (not politically) but I have to work 1000x to make it happen. I belong to .001% of the population who cares fpr our country.
Who?
Thank you for purchasing our sands.
I guess we have to thank Dr Mahathir for his threats that prompts our leaders to implement our self sufficient strategy ! LOL
speaking of desalination, it reminds me of reaction memes when people prepare raw fish in Japan versus outside of Japan