Freshwater dam completed
Straits Times 10 Jul 08;
A construction worker checking out the completed $226 million Marina Barrage, a dam built across the Marina Channel to create a freshwater reservoir. Singapore's first urban freshwater reservoir - at 10,000ha, or one-sixth of Singapore - will provide desalinated water to meet the country's growing demand. The barrage will also serve as a flood-control gate and a tourist attraction.
The new reservoir - together with supplies from imported water, Newater and desalinated water - will help Singapore become self-sufficient in water by 2061, when its water agreements with Malaysia end. Singapore currently consumes 1.36 billion litres of water a day, equivalent to 500 Olympic-size swimming pools.
