Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources

Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
Agency overview
Formed 1972
Jurisdiction Government of Singapore
Headquarters 40 Scotts Road, #24-00 Environment Building, Singapore 228231
Employees 145 (2015 est.)[1]
Annual budget Increase$1.75 billion SGD (2015 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Choi Shing Kwok, Permanent Secretary
Child agencies
Website www.mewr.gov.sg
Environment Building on Scotts Road, headquarters of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.

The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (Abbreviation: MEWR; Malay: Kementerian Alam Sekitar dan Sumber Air; Chinese: 环境及水源部; Tamil: நீர்வள அமைச்சு சுற்றுப்புற) formerly the Ministry of the Environment (ENV), is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for providing a quality living environment and a high standard of public health, protected against the spread of communicable diseases. It was set up in 1972, and today, together with its two statutory boards – the National Environment Agency (NEA) and Public Utilities Board – the Ministry’s area of responsibility has widened to include ensuring a clean and hygienic living environment, as well as managing the complete water cycle – from sourcing, collection, purification and supply of drinking water; to the treatment of used water and recycling into NEWater; desalination; as well as storm water drainage.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Head L: Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources" (PDF). Budget 2015. Ministry of Finance. February 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.


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