Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources

The Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (Abbreviation: MEWR; Malay: Kementerian Sekitaran dan Sumber Air; Chinese: 环境及水源部; Tamil: சுற்றுப்புறம் மற்றும் நீர்வள அமைச்சு) 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. Since 1 April 2019, a new statutory board Singapore Food Agency (SFA) was formed to amalgamate the functions of three stat boards, Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), National Environment Agency (NEA) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA) to handle food issues from farm-to-fork. A National Centre for Food Science was established to consolidate the food laboratory capabilities of the three agencies. [4][5]

Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
The refreshed logo of MEWR
Agency overview
Formed1972
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters40 Scotts Road, #24-00 Environment Building, Singapore 228231
Employees4,493 (2018)[1]
Annual budget 2.75 billion (est) SGD (2019) [2]
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
Child agencies
Websitewww.mewr.gov.sg
Environment Building on Scotts Road, headquarters of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.

See also

References
  1. https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/docs/default-source/budget_2019/download/pdf/29-MEWR-2019.pdf
  2. https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/docs/default-source/budget_2019/download/pdf/29-MEWR-2019.pdf
  3. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/albert-chua-to-take-over-as-environment-and-water-resources-9092842
  4. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/new-statutory-board-singapore-food-agency-ava-disbanded-10563864
  5. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-agency-launched-with-goal-to-strengthen-food-security-and-safety-from-farm-to-fork



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