{"id":1392,"date":"2018-02-26T10:04:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T02:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2018-02-26T11:28:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T03:28:51","slug":"industrial-visit-newater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/industrial-visit-newater\/","title":{"rendered":"MDIS Business Club: Industrial Visit to NEWater"},"content":{"rendered":"

An industrial visit to the NEWater Visitor Centre and Rain Garden Workshop was organised on 6 December 2017 by the MDIS Business Club (MBC).<\/p>\n

The tour was guided by their friendly staff. Participants were shown a short video clip about \u2018Singapore Waters\u2019 and the essential importance of water. In addition, they shared Singapore\u2019s objective in conserving and recycling water in order to have a sustainable life despite the challenges on land limitation to maintain water catchment. There are five NEWater plants which supply up to 40% of Singapore\u2019s current water needs. NEWater is expected to meet 55% of Singapore\u2019s future water demand by 2060.<\/p>\n

The tour included an educational and interactive exhibition area followed by the 3-Step treatment at NEWater Plants<\/p>\n

1. Microfiltration: Microscopic particles including some bacteria are filtered out at this stage.<\/h4>\n

2. Reverse Osmosis: Undesirable contaminants are removed here. The water at this stage is high-grade water.<\/h4>\n

3. Ultraviolet Disinfection: The water passes through ultraviolet light to ensure any remaining organisms are eradicated. Chemicals are added to restore the pH balance. NEWater is now ready for use.<\/h4>\n

At the end of guided tour, students were each given a bottle of NEWater. The tour ended with a Rain Garden Workshop. With the creative approach, students learned the functions of the rain garden and how different soil layers played a role in filtering rainwater and surface runoff. Students took home the completed mini rain garden as souvenirs.<\/p>\n

\"MDIS<\/p>\n

It was a fun and enriching session where participants had the opportunity to learn how the NEWater processes recycle used water with advanced membrane technologies and ultra-violet disinfection, making water ultra-clean and safe to drink. With this technology, the nation is able to combat against the dry weather, land limitations and moving Singapore towards water sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An industrial visit to the NEWater Visitor Centre and Rain Garden Workshop was organised on 6 December 2017 by the MDIS Business Club (MBC). The tour was guided by their friendly staff. Participants were shown a short video clip about \u2018Singapore Waters\u2019 and the essential importance of water. In addition, they shared Singapore\u2019s objective in conserving and recycling water in order to have a sustainable life despite the challenges on land limitation to maintain water catchment. There are five NEWater plants which supply up to 40% of Singapore\u2019s current water needs. NEWater is expected to meet 55% of Singapore\u2019s future […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[1691,824,1689,1690],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1395,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions\/1395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdis.edu.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}