How Singapore’s ‘sewage beer’ could help water conservation efforts

[JACK AYLMER]

WOULD YOU TRY SO-CALLED ‘SEWAGE BEER’ MADE FROM RECYCLED WASTEWATER?

[IGNACE MBOUAMBOUA]

AS LONG AS THEY CAN MAKE IT CLEAN, YOU KNOW. WHEN YOU THIS DRINK BEER, YOU DON’T FEEL THAT IT COMES FROM WASTEWATER AND ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT’S OK. IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING INTERESTING WITH THE WATER THAT IS ALREADY USED, THAT OK YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST LEAVING IT THAT WAY.”

[JACK AYLMER]

ENTREPRENEURS IN SINGAPORE HOPE YOU WILL IN THE NAME OF ENVIRONMENTALISM.

TOUTING THE INVENTION OF A SINGAPOREAN BEER MADE FROM TREATED WASTEWATER CALLED NEWBREW AT THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE.

IT’S PART OF SINGAPORE’S NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO CONSERVE WATER ON AN ISLAND NATION OF SIX MILLION PEOPLE WHERE THERE ARE NO NATURAL WATER SOURCES.

FORCING THE COUNTRY TO BECOME A WORLD LEADER IN WATER MANAGEMENT INNOVATIONS.

[ONG TZE-CH’IN]

OUR COMMITMENT IS TO RECYCLE EVERY DROP OF USED WATER THAT WE COULD GET OUR HANDS ON AND TO CONVERT AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO NEW WATER. I THINK THIS FOR US, THIS IS A SOURCE OF WATER THAT IS CHEAPER AND MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN DESALINATION. AND SO WE INTEND TO MAXIMIZE THAT AS FAR AS WE CAN.

[JACK AYLMER]

SINGAPORE’S NATIONAL EFFORTS TO CONSERVE WATER ALSO INCLUDE CATCHMENT, DESALINATION, RECYCLING AND WATER IMPORTS FROM MALAYSIA.

CLIMATOLOGISTS WARN AS WATER RESOURCES BECOME SCARCER, MORE INNOVATION LIKE RECYCLING WASTEWATER, MAY BE NEEDED.

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