Marina Barrage

Marina Barrage
Official nameMarina Barrage
Location8 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018951
Coordinates1°16′46.124″N 103°52′16.26″E / 1.27947889°N 103.8711833°E / 1.27947889; 103.8711833
StatusOperational
Opening date31 October 2008; 16 years ago (2008-10-31)
Construction costS$226 million[1]
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsMarina Channel
Length350m
Reservoir
CreatesMarina Reservoir
Catchment area10,000 ha
Surface area240 ha[2]

Marina Barrage is a dam in southern Singapore built at the confluence of five rivers, across the Marina Channel between Marina East and Marina South.[3]

First conceptualised in 1987 by then prime minister Lee Kuan Yew to help achieve greater self-sufficiency for the country's water needs, the barrage began construction on 22 March 2005,[4] and was officially opened on 31 October 2008 as Singapore's fifteenth reservoir, the Marina Reservoir.[5]

It provides water storage, flood control and recreation. It won a Superior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers in 2009.[6] It also turned the previously salt water Marina Bay into fresh water for the first time in its history.

  1. ^ "PUB annual report: Birth of the barrage". PUB. 2008. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Dealing with Water Scarcity in Singapore: Institutions, Strategies, and Enforcement". The World Bank. 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. ^ Khoo, Teng Chye (2009), "Singapore Water: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", Water Management in 2020 and Beyond, Water Resources Development and Management, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 237–250, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-89346-2_12, ISBN 9783540893455
  4. ^ "Marina Barrage Commencement Ceremony". NAS. 22 March 2005. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Speech by Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, at launch of Clean And Green Singapore 2009 and Opening of Marina Barrage". NAS. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "MARINA BARRAGE BAGS TOP HONOURS AT INTERNATIONAL …". www.nas.gov.sg. Retrieved 6 August 2018.