United Nations data shows around 2 billion people use water much faster than the planet can replenish natural sources, such as groundwater.
Singapore gets about half of its water from neighboring country Malaysia, according to local water experts, importing supplies from the Johor River. But the current import agreement is due to expire in 2061 - and the price Singapore pays for Malaysian water has been a source of friction between the neighbors for years.
Thus Singapore is becoming a country of water innovations and the first user of the latest water technologies.
Singapore, home to the world's tallest indoor waterfall, which pumps 10,000 gallons of water/minute.
Snyder's research facility is one of the rare places on earth which are one of the developing technologies for Singapore's water dependency on neighboring countries. The mission is to create a world-class project, which will set an example for others.
With discussion in an interview with CNN Snyder said that we have become used to as reliable water, may quickly change — so we have to be prepared, we have to be thinking about the infrastructure in advance.
"There's a big drive to become water independent — to control our own future — and that is largely dependent on the technologies we're developing." One development: a small, black sponge called carbon fiber aerogel that the university says can clean wastewater on a mass scale. The sponge absorbs 190 times its weight in waste, contaminants, and microplastics. The material is being further developed for commercial use by a Singapore-based startup.
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