Freshwater Resources
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
The Ministry of Environment and Water Resources directs domestic water policy.
Singapore experiences ample year-round rainfall, but is water-scarce due to insufficient land to collect and store water. This inability to collect and store water is exacerbated by a lack of groundwater reserves. Singapore has four sources of water: imported water from Malaysia under the 1961 and 1962 Water Agreements, water collected from local catchments that is harvested from storm water, high-grade purified...
Beth
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27 Jul 2011
The development of a Water Master Plan is underway, as well as programs to supply the population with improved drinking water in all parts of the country.
Access to water is quite high, with about 96.8% of the population having access, and 88.7% of the population has access to piped water. However, this water is not fit to drink, and access to drinking water is quite lowat only 38%. Not all water supply systems have treatment stations, and the catchment areas where many people obtain their...
Beth
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26 Jul 2011
The Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries oversees water-related policy in Cape Verde.
Raqinfall is irregular In Cape Verde, causing periodic drought and famine. Due to its geomorphology, the country has a dense and complex hydrographical network. There are no permanent water courses, however, and temporary water courses run only during the rainy season. These temporary water courses drain quickly toward the main watersheds, where, unless captured by artificial means, they...
Beth
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26 Jul 2011
The Maldives' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for the implementation of Government policy and is responsible for regulating the production, use, import, export and sale of water, the development of water standards and guidelines for waste water, the development of strategies for wastewater service industries, and for scientific research on water resources.
In the case of the Maldives, no significant changes in long term trends due to climate change are evident in the...
Beth
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25 Jul 2011
A Water and Sanitation Master Plan and a Plan for Rural Hydraulics has been set up in Guinea-Bissau and all government action related to the country’s freshwater resources is taken through the General Directorate of Natural Resources.
Global climate change, pollution and water shortages due to decreasing rainfall are among the major factors having a negative impact on the availability and quality of fresh water resources. In this context, the government of Guinea-Bissau's main...
