Responses for rising demand for water:

Water conservation
1. Recycling household water
Singapore encourages the residents the recycle water from the washing of clothes for flushing toilets, and also using water from washing vegetables to water the plants. If every household does their part to save water, there will be a great change in the country's water usage.
2. Collecting rainwater
Singapore collects rainwater through pipes and drains to feed the resevoirs. Ultimately, the all the water inside the reservoirs will be recycled and purified to make it suitable for drinking and safe use.
3. Repairing underground piping systems
Singapore ensures the pipes in household do not leak to prevent the losing of water through leaking pipes and faulty connections. This will also help ensure the water usage in Singapore.
4. Using water saving methods and technology
Singapore encourages the public to use water drips instead of water sprays/ irrigation canals, and equipment factories; replace older equipment that uses more water with water saving equipments.
5. Educating the public
 Singapore held save water campaigns, water rationing exercises to educate the public about the different tips of saving water, and also reminded the public to save water where ever possible through mass media, as the famous saying in Singapore goes, ' Prevention is better than cure.'

Increasing the price of water
In order to control the rising demand of water, Singapore has increase the price of water. When this happens, the people will use water more efficiently and consiously. This helped to reduce the rising costs of producing and the distribution of water.

Increasing the supply of water
1. Expanding catchment areas
Catchment areas are areas where rain water is collected, by expanding the catchment areas, Singapore resulted in an increase in the amount of water collected. Also, it will help to keep the cost of water treatment down as the rainwater collected is much cleaner than used water and does not contain any impurities. Therefore, it is easier and less costly to purify the water.
2. Use of technology
The increasing of water through technology is where used water can be converted to useable water. In Singapore, used water is collected from households and factories and then channelled to water treatment plants where impurities are removed.
3. Desalination
Desalination is the process of removing salt from sea water, it is commonly used to convert sea water to drinking water in Singapore, this is to increase the supply of fresh water. There are various ways of desalination. One of which is where by the water is boiled and the water vapour is collected and condensed into fresh water. The other is the process of purifying sea water is the using of reverse osmosis where sea water is pumped at a high temperature through a special membrsne which separates the dissolved salts from the water.