NEWater is not so new to Singaporeans.
All those who have served NS since the beginning - or at least from
1969 onwards - would have tasted NEWater from the Water Treatment
Plant operated by the Combat Engineers.
Those equipment were operated in all kinds of water conditions in
the various polluted rivers, ponds, and lakes - in Singapore,
Brunei, Thailand, and Taiwan.
Some of these water sources are near to pig farms, fish ponds, and
vegetable-agricultural land, with drains leading to these water
sources which the Combat Engineers operate the Water Treatment
Plants.
Even without the Water Treatment Plant operated by the Combat
Engineers, most of us would have remembered using the water bottle
to collect murky water from running rivers and streams, and
dropping chlorine water into the water bottles.
No big deal with NEWater, when the military version is already
considered safe enough for consumption.
The current spat with Malaysia, certainly help our Government to
launch NEWater in a well managed "Marketing Blitz" that made the
product quickly acceptable.
