History of NEWater

There are many reasons of why NEWater is invented. One of the reason is that Singapore’s daily water consumption keeps increasing daily. As the population in Singapore and the growth of economy, more water is needed to maintain our daily life. Besides, as water is easily accessible, more and more people are taking it for granted. They waste water and use water uncontrollably, without putting any thought to it.

Singapore has been buying water from Malaysia since 1920. Currently, there are two agreements between Singapore and Malaysia that will end in 2011 and 2061. As 2011 draws near, Malaysia and Singapore are still not able to agree on terms for another water treaty. If this continues, Singapore will be in a situation of shortage of water. Hence, other sources of water needed to be created and the government has come up with the idea of NEWater to serve the purpose of being the fourth national tap to fulfill the growing water consumption.

It seems like I've forgotten to post the most basic part: the part about the NEWater. So I will post them up now :D