A 5km Walk from Suntec City Mall to Singapore's iconic dam, the Marina Barrage, was organised to launch the opening of this 'Big Dam'; a tidal and flood control barrier that is constructed across the mouth of the Marina channel to the tune of $226 million.
Built across the mouth of the Marina Channel, the Marina Barrage creates Singapore’s 15th reservoir, and the first in the heart of the city. With a catchment area of 10,000 hectares, or one-sixth the size of Singapore, the Marina catchment is the island’s largest and most urbanised catchment. Together with two other new reservoirs, the Marina Reservoir will boost Singapore’s water catchment from half to two-third’s of the country’s land area.
For more information, please visit the following sites :
http://www.pub.gov.sg/Marina/Pages/default.aspx
http://sg.ksdb.com/1070418.page
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