Photo by Ng Sher Lin
“Make a guess‒what is the daily water consumption of the average Singaporean?”
“Do you know your own water consumption in a month?”
Yu Yan Ling, who hails from PUB, spent a fruitful Sunday morning visiting the Tzu Chi recycling points at Blk 541 and Blk 624 in Ang Mo Kio, sharing water-saving tips with residents and engaging them in a “Water Audit Challenge” activity.
In conjunction with World Water Day on 22nd March, PUB worked with various partner organizations, to conduct a month-long celebration, with over 400 events to promote water conservation island-wide. As one of the partner organizations, Tzu Chi actively advocated water conservation through the efforts of its volunteers in various community recycling points on its Recycling Day on Sunday, 12th March. On this day, four PUB officers visited seven Tzu Chi recycling points to promote water conservation to residents.
Photo by Mulias Lian
In the “Water Audit Challenge”, Yu Yan Ling encouraged the residents to save water within a month, and to verify afterwards if their home usage indeed dropped by 500 litres in the month. In the following month’s Recycling Day, they can present their water bills to Tzu Chi volunteers and share their water-saving tips with more people.
“Out of the whole world’s ocean, there is only 1 percent of fresh water fit for consumption.” Local resident Han Shi Lai (pictured below) said with a startle.
In 1963, Singapore experienced a very severe drought. 76-year-old Han Shi Lai never forgets the painful memories of queuing in line to collect water, an invaluable experience that has taught him an important life lesson on the importance of water.
He shared that every day, he will store up water from washing vegetables and clothes and use it to clean his kitchen and bathroom. On top of that, he will use the first round of water from cleaning his fish tank to water his plants. As for the second round of water, which is relatively cleaner, he will use it to wash the corridor. Through today’s water conservation activities, he has also learned to stand in a basin while showering, and to use the water to flush the toilet.
Photo by Ng Sher Lin
Tzu Chi promoted water conservation to residents at its recycling points with the aid of promotional flyers and posters. When volunteer Su Xiu Zhen chanced upon dialect-speaking seniors, she would patiently share with them water saving tips, and encourage the elderly to not only save water, but encourage their family members to do so, too.
Photo by Mulias Lian
The aim of World Water Day is to raise public awareness about water conservation and strengthen protection of our water resources. As such, water conservation starts with every one of us ‒ let it become a part of our daily lives!
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