But its a little known fact that singapore has been battling to deliver enough water to its population for a long time. Water channels can be found alongside almost every road. Precious rainwater is collected in catchments to ensure not a single drop is wasted. Processing plants have been constructed to turn seawater into Drinking Water. Currently two plants process around 25 of singapores water. Why has the country invested so much in securing its water resources. This is the strait of jahor which runs between singapore and malaysia. It is here we find the reason why singapore is striving to secure an independent water supply. In the 1960s, the country signed two agreements with malaysia to import the necessary volume of water through the pipes stretching across the strait. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our guest of honor. He was known as singapores founding father. For half a century after independence, he believed the countrys most pressing issue was water supply. A few years