{"id":18912,"date":"2025-12-12T07:13:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=18912"},"modified":"2025-12-12T07:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:13:48","slug":"forum-capturing-rainwater-key-to-singapores-water-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=18912","title":{"rendered":"Forum: Capturing rainwater key to Singapore\u2019s water resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">We thank Mr Liu Fook Thim for\u00a0his suggestions (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/opinion\/forum\/forum-flash-floods-can-be-opportunities-not-just-disruptions?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">Flash floods can be opportunities, not just disruptions<\/p>\n<p><\/a>\u201d, Dec 5) to enhance Singapore\u2019s water resilience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">As a water-scarce nation, we agree with Mr Liu that it is important to manage rainwater collection as part of our long-term water security.\u00a0Singapore has long recognised the importance of capturing, storing and using rainwater.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Since independence, we have expanded water catchment to about two-thirds of the country, making Singapore one of the few countries to harvest urban rainwater at scale. We have water storage across 17 reservoirs to date, with the 18th reservoir to be created at the future Long Island. As part of\u00a0this system, our drains within the water catchment area channel rainwater into our reservoirs, rather than lose the water out to sea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In addition, the implementation of underground rainwater detention tanks such as the Stamford Detention Tank and those beneath some HDB estates serve to store excess rainwater temporarily during heavy storms. The excess rainwater is subsequently pumped back into public drains and channelled to our reservoirs. Such infrastructure helps to moderate the impact of intense rain, while also adding to our ability to capture more rainwater.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ultimately, every drop counts. Capturing rainwater complements our other National Taps \u2013 imported water, NEWater and desalinated water \u2013 to meet Singapore\u2019s water needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\"><b>Maurice Neo<\/b><br \/>Director, Catchment and Waterways Department<br \/>PUB, Singapore\u2019s National Water Agency<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/opinion\/forum\/forum-capturing-rainwater-key-to-singapores-water-resilience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We thank Mr Liu Fook Thim for\u00a0his suggestions (\u201c Flash floods can be opportunities, not just disruptions \u201d, Dec 5) to enhance Singapore\u2019s water resilience&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}