Singapore Marina Barrage

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^^ttp://lookcolor.comi 47lookcolor.com47 sg.lookcolor.com47Copy right47474747 Singapore's latest downtown icon 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 of the country's land area. The Marina Barrage is the result of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's vision nearly two decades ago when he envisaged damming the mouth of the Marina Channel to create a freshwater reservoir. 3-in-1 Benefits # Water Supply # Flood Control # Lifestyle Attraction Water Supply The Marina Barrage is a 350-meter wide dam built across the Marina Channel to keep out seawater, forming Singapore's first reservoir in the city and 15th reservoir. Marina Reservoir combines with the future Punggol and Serangoon reservoirs will increase Singapore's water catchment areas from half to two-thirds of Singapore's land areas. With the barrage in place, the Marina Basin will turn into a body of freshwater through natural flushing in one two to years. The freshwater will then be treated using advanced membrane technology before consumption. Local catchment water is one of the Four National Taps, with the other three being imported water, NEWater and desalinated water. As one of the pillars of local water supply, Marina Reservoir will meet more than 10% of Singapore's current water demand. Flood Control The Marina Barrage is part of a comprehensive flood control scheme to alleviate flooding in the low-lying areas in the city such as Chinatown, Boat Quay, Jalan Besar and Geylang. During heavy rain, the series of nine crest gates at the dam will be activated to release excess storm water into the sea when the tide is low. In the case of high tide, giant pumps which are capable of pumping an Olympics-size swimming pool per minute will drain excess storm water into the sea. Lifestyle Attraction As the water in the Marina Basin is unaffected by the tides, its water level will be kept constant all year round. This is ideal for all kinds of recreational activities such as boating, windsurfing, kayaking and dragonboating etc. 新加坡最新地标——滨海堤坝景点包括: 行人桥、绿色屋顶. 最热门的景点包括可眺望整个新加坡市区美景的堤坝行人桥和绿色屋顶，而述说新加坡水源与环境故事的“新加坡资源永续展览馆”也相当受欢迎。耗资2亿3000万元、三年时间建造的滨海堤坝拥有“三合一”功能，可储水、改善滨海湾周围低洼地区淹水情况，以及成为人们从事各种水上活动的消闲场地。滨海堤坝把滨海湾水库和海水隔开后，靠近市区的内湾可在两年内逐步换成淡水，形成新加坡第15个蓄水池。 ^^http://lookcolor.comi 47lookcolor.com47 sg.lookcolor.com47Copy right47474747