NEWater quiz

Based on the video, how many scientific tests has NEWater passed to assure us that it is clean?

• 1,000 tests

• 1,300 tests

• 10,000 tests

• 130,000

To produce NEWater, what happens first?

• Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection

• Microfiltration

• Treatment at water reclamation plants

• Water is used for wafer production

What is removed from the water during the microfiltration step?

Select ALL possible answers.

• bacteria and viruses

• minute particles

• water molecules

• suspended solids

What is the second set in the NEWater process that takes place in the NEWater plant?

• Reverse Osmosis

• Microfiltration

• Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection

• Bottling the water

What is the name of this facility?

• Alien Immigration Centre

• Seletar Reservoir

• Tampines NEWater Service Reservoir

• NEWater treatment plant

Why do we need NEWater?

• Singapore has a limited supply of clean water so having NEWater increases the available clean water.

• Producing NEWater is cheaper than collecting rainwater.

• Singapore has no other way to get clean water so NEWater is the only way we have water to drink.

• Selling NEWater helps the Singapore Government earn money.