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How Singapore got a grip on water scarcity [View all]
Home to six million people, the city-state of Singapore is colorful, multicultural and prosperous. Ranking among the top five richest countries globally, it is an international center for the financial industry and global trade.
It is also clean and green with many parks featuring fountains, ponds, and canals. Yet, with no natural freshwater sources of its own, it is one of the most water-stressed states in the world.
Even so, Singapore is successfully meeting the increasing water needs of its rapidly growing population and economy. So much so, that over the past decades, the small island state has managed to become a global role model in water management.
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https://www.dw.com/en/how-singapore-got-a-grip-on-water-scarcity/a-70362786
It is also clean and green with many parks featuring fountains, ponds, and canals. Yet, with no natural freshwater sources of its own, it is one of the most water-stressed states in the world.
Even so, Singapore is successfully meeting the increasing water needs of its rapidly growing population and economy. So much so, that over the past decades, the small island state has managed to become a global role model in water management.
--more--
https://www.dw.com/en/how-singapore-got-a-grip-on-water-scarcity/a-70362786
Rising seas are a greater threat to wealthier coastal cities than water shortages.
Even cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas are within reach of desalinated water and they can certainly recycle their sewage into potable water. The greater threat to these inland cities is high temperatures and unreliable power supplies.
95% of Singapore's electricity is produced by natural gas power plants. Singapore's desalinization and water recycling facilities are powered by natural gas.
Ultimately it will be our use of natural gas as an energy source that will end the world as we know it.
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