Daily water use per person rose to 142 litres in 2024

This is a litre more than in 2023 and it's far off 130-litre target set for 2030

- Shabana Begum

In 2024, household water consumption crept up slightly, with each resident using 142 litres of water a day, up from 141 litres in 2023.

While domestic water usage remains lower than during the Covid-19 pandemic years, homes still have some way to go to reduce water use to 130 litres per person a day by 2030.

National water agency PUB revealed the daily water usage for 2024 on March 8 at the launch of its annual water conservation campaign at Our Tampines Hub.

The one-litre increase in water usage per person could be due to 2024 being a warmer and drier year, said PUB. Last year tied with 2019 and 2016 as the warmest years in Singapore on record, when temperatures hit an annual mean of 28.4 deg C.

To further help households save water, selected one- to three-room HDB units will have inefficient water fittings replaced with newer ones that are more water-efficient.

PUB said more details on this initiative will be announced at a later date. The agency is seeking to partner private-sector organisations for the programme.

Under the Singapore Green Plan 2030, the goal is to reduce household water consumption to 130 litres per person a day. This means residents have to reduce their daily water use by about 12 litres over the next five years.