Tag Archives: Water supply

A punggol resident woke up one day to find 4 of his prized ornamental arrowana fish dead in the water. When asked what caused their deaths, the resident lamented that it was due to the water supply in Punggol which most likely caused his fishes death.

Yesterday, the PUB said that since the last price increase in 2000, the cost of treating and supplying water has been going up. The resources needed for the task, such as chemicals, materials and manpower, have become more expensive over the years, said the water agency.

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced during his Budet 2017 speech that beginning on 1st July 2017, water prices in Singapore will be increased by 30% in two parts over the next 2 years. This was after Water Minister Masagos Zulkifli hinted at the Government's intention to do so last month. Heng justified the 30% price increase by citing the rising costs of supplying water, producing water and installing associated infrastructure. The Singapore Finance Minister said as water sufficiency was a matter of national survival, rising the cost to make such investments into our water infrastructure was necessary.

Last Sunday afternoon, at about 3.30 pm, residents of 180C Marsiling Road had their water supply cut off unexpectedly. The residents had no water supply for over 4 hours. The Essential Maintenance Service Unit (EMSU) received a call from a resident and they turned on the tap of the wash bay so that residents could bring their buckets there to collect water. It was reported that 420 families were affected.

After a request for assistance by Badan Kawalselia Air Johor (BAKAJ), Singapore's PUB started supplying an additional 6 million gallons of water per day to Johor. This is a month long arrangement to help Johor tide over the dry spells which severely diminished water levels in Malaysia. In the short term, this arrangement will not affect the watetr supply for Singapore own domestic consumption.

A water scare is brewing in Hong Kong over excessive lead content found in Hong Kong's water supplies. Initial tests revealed excessive levels of lead in the water from the Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon City, while three more samples have been found to breach World Health Organisation (WHO) safety levels.

Pensyarah kontroversi Dr Ridhuan Tee Abdullah (gambar) hari ini sekali lagi menyelar kegiatan ritual dalam usaha mencari pesawat Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH370 yang dilaporkan hilang sejak 8 Mac lalu, namun kali ini kritikannya ditujukan kepada Singapura. Pendakwah bebas itu berkata jika perbuatan bomoh dan ritual begitu mujarab, maka usaha yang perlu dilakukan adalah dengan membomohkan air yang disalur kepada Singapura.