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Friday, April 17, 2009

Here's the history of Singapore's water history:
A donation of $13,000 by philanthropist, Mr Tan Kim Seng in 1857 heralded the start of Singapore’s piped water supply. An earth embankment completed in 1867 to impound water created Singapore’s first reservoir. Then known as Thomson Road Reservoir, it was later renamed MacRitchie Reservoir. A second reservoir, Peirce Reservoir was completed by 1910.
In 1920s, work began on Seletar Reservoir. Permission was also granted by the Johor Government to look into a supply of water from Johor.
In 1924, work began on the Gunong Pulai Scheme which comprised Gunong Pulai and Pontian Reservoirs, a pumping station, a treatment works and a pipeline to Singapore.
Plans to develop the water resources of Johor River were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. Tebrau Waterworks was completed in 1953 and a pipeline was laid to convey the water to Singapore.
In 1975, two major water supply schemes were completed. The first was the Upper Peirce Scheme which entailed the construction of a dam at the upper reaches of the old Peirce Reservoir (which was renamed Lower Peirce Reservoir).
The second was the Kranji/Pandan Scheme which comprised Kranji Reservoir, created by damming the estuary of Kranji River, and Pandan Reservoir, by building a dyke to enclose a mangrove swamp. Another major scheme, the Western Catchments Scheme was completed in 1981. Four rivers - Murai, Poyan, Sarimbun and Tengeh were dammed and converted into reservoirs.
In 1986, the Sungei Seletar or Bedok Water Scheme was completed. The scheme involved the damming of Sungei Seletar to form a reservoir (Lower Seletar Reservoir), creation of Bedok Reservoir from a former sand quarry and construction of Bedok Waterworks. Its unique feature was the construction of nine stormwater collection stations to tap the storm runoffs of the surrounding urbanised catchments. Eight of these collection stations are ponds at Yishun, Tampines, Bedok and Yan Kit new town.In the 1980s, the treatment capacities of Scudai Waterworks and Johor River Waterworks were extended. A pipeline from Johor River Waterworks to Singapore, across the Straits of Johor, was also completed. In 1988, work commenced on the Linggiu Reservoir project in Johor. This project, which involved the construction of a dam across Sungei Linggiu, a tributary of the Johor River, and other saddle embankments and ancillary works was completed in 1993. In conjunction with the Linggiu project, another pipeline was laid to convey water from Johor River Waterworks to Singapore. To enhance the operational efficiency and reliability of the treatment and distribution of water, the waterworks, pumping stations and service reservoirs in Singapore, are remotely monitored and controlled from a System Control Centre.

water is PRECIOUS!

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