Singapore drinks recycled sewage water

Añadido: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Singapore also has huge amounts of recycled water, which will be a controversial issue in Australia. And by recycled, I literally mean toilet recycled water that you then drink over and over again. Very high water standards, very high water quality, but almost all of it is very heavily recycled. And Singapore did it for geopolitical reasons because they haven't got the land to secure huge amounts of water. Singapore's got a whole different model around water security. So, you know, Marina Bay Sands and that kind of area, that's actually a water reservoir for drinking water.

[00:00:26]>> Well, it never used to be a resort. I remember those days.

[00:00:29]>> They actually sealed off the water from the ocean and slowly used it, filled with fresh water, and that's now part of their water supply.