New reservoirs to boost S'pore's water supply
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SINGAPORE: Singapore's water supply received a boost with the opening of the Punggol and Serangoon Reservoirs.
This brings the total number of reservoirs in Singapore to 17.
The reservoirs were created by the damming of Sungei Punggol and Sungei Serangoon.
They will collect rainwater from estates and areas within Punggol and Sengkang, as well as parts of Hougang and Ang Mo Kio.
Together with the Marina Reservoir, they increase the water catchment areas from half to two-thirds of Singapore.
National water agency PUB celebrated this milestone on Sunday at a ceremony officiated by Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.
The plan is part of PUB's strategy to create estuarine reservoirs by damming the major rivers to collect and store as much of the 2,400mm of rain that it gets annually.
Singapore has eight reservoirs collecting water from urbanised catchments in the densely populated city areas and residential towns.
PUB said water from local catchments is a pillar of Singapore's water sustainability strategy, along with imported water, high-grade reclaimed water branded as NEWater and desalinated water.
Collectively, these four sources of water are known as the 'Four National Taps' to ensure a diversified and sustainable water supply.
PUB said besides enhancing water supply, the Punggol and Serangoon Reservoirs are set to transform the landscape in north-eastern Singapore.
Envisioned as a 'waterfront town of the 21st century', Punggol Town will soon become a commercial and social hub, with a 4.2-km waterway that connects both reservoirs running through the estate and town centre.
Residents can look forward to waterfront living in the heartlands with a myriad of attractive and lifestyle choices lined up along the banks.
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They just need to put up new signs to warn against dumping of corpses into the reservoir. LOL.
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hope they will get a good hydraulic engineer to see the flows are not bottle neckin otherwise the whole singapore will be a big reservoir
