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AWWA ACE69088

  • Singapore's Approach to Climate Change
  • Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 11/01/2008
  • Publisher: AWWA

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This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of Singapore and PUB (Singapore's National Water Agency). Potential impacts of climate change on Singapore are presented, along withclimate impact and adaptations related towater supply,storm water, andsewerage system. An inter-agency vulnerability study on the effect and impact of global climate change and sea level rise onSingapore over the next 100 years is presented, along with the scope of the study that includes the following topics: changes in temperature and probability of heat waves;changes in wind forces;probability of extreme storms;changes in rainfall intensity, duration, frequency;impact on yield of water resources;probability and duration of droughts;saline water intrusion into reservoirs;coastal land loss due to erosion and submergence; flooding impacts under various scenarios of sea-level rise and designstorms; and,impact on drainage network system.

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