Singapore is a small country with little or no natural resources, so it has to find means to generate a sustainable water supply for the people. This water supply is obtained through four main taps, NEWater, Imported water, Desalinated water and Local catchment areas.
Lower Seletar
Reservoir is one of our national taps, being a water catchment area, hence we
need to take care of it well as it is our responsibility. If we fail to take
care of it properly, disastrous consequences would occur. There may enough
water to support the population of Singapore in the coming years and the price
of water will inflate.
However, the people
of Singapore do not take heed of such advice. A sad and sorry sight nowadays is
discarded plastic wrappers strewn among the pathways, plastic bottles thrown
carelessly on the grass patches, joggers spitting into the fast becoming
polluted river, now a murky green colour instead of the endless blue of its
former glory. An enemy that must be conquered and vanquished, that of
littering, which encompasses all the above mentioned problems.
Conclusion
After this
programme, we can conclude that the most elementary way of solving the problem
of water pollution is to stop littering. Littering is the root cause of the
problem as that is what causes the water to be polluted with chemicals, thus
ruining the water cleanliness and also, ruining the living environment for
marine life.
Since recreational
activities such as picnicking and barbeque are the main causes of the water pollution,
we should do our part by throwing our rubbish into the public rubbish bins
instead of getting rid of them by throwing them into the reservoir. Also,
littering in the reservoir can cause the pollution as the wind would blow the
litters into the water body.
Going a step
further, the more advanced way of solving the problem of water pollution as
students, is to organise a VIA activity to promote water and environmental
cleanliness. This can be done so by perhaps, organising a litter picking activity
as a class. We could also take the more artistic turn, by designing posters
spreading the awareness of water and environmental cleanliness.
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