3 Benefits of Marina Barrage Wednesday 21 March 2012

3 Benefits of Marina Barrage


1) Flood Control.
Marina Barrage is a part of a comprehensive flood control scheme to alleviate flooding in low-lying areas in the city such as Chinatown, Boat Quay, Jalan Besar and Geylang. The Barrage acts as a tidal barrier to keep out high tides. During heavy rain and low tide, the crest gates are opened to excess storm water into the sea.

2) Water Supply
The Marina Barrage is a dam built across the 350-metre wide Marina Channel to keep out seawater, forming Singapore's first reservoir in the city and 15th reservoir. Marina Reservoir, together with Punggol and Serangoon reservoirs, increased Singapore’s water catchment area from half to two-thirds of Singapore’s land area in 2011. As one of the pillars of local water supply, Marina Reservoir will meet more than 10% of Singapore's current water demand


3) 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 dragon boating etc. There are 405 solar panels , grass patches on the rooftop are for absorbing water , decreasing water usage and reduce energy..

Source: The notice board in Marina Barrage.

Picture source: Garden Voices

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