Lower Seletar Reservoir ( Chinese: 实里达蓄水池下段 ; ) is a

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

located in the northern part of Singapore in the Lower Seletar subzone, located in Yishun New Town. The reservoir has a surface area of 3.6 km², and a capacity of 9.5 million m³. The mean depth of the reservoir is 2 m, with a maximum depth of 5.5 m. The shoreline length is 14.3 km.

History

Lower Seletar Reservoir was constructed under the Sungei Seletar/

Bedok Bedok ( ) is a Planning areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the geographical region of Tanah Merah, Singapore, Tanah Merah along the south-eastern coast of the East Region, Singapore, East R ...

Water Scheme, completed in 1986. The scheme involved the damming of Sungei Seletar to form Lower Seletar Reservoir, the creation of

Bedok Reservoir Bedok Reservoir (, , ) is a reservoir (water), reservoir in the eastern part of Singapore, to the north of Bedok. The reservoir has a surface area of 880,000 m2, and a capacity of 12.8 million m3. The mean depth of the reservoir is 9 m, with a max ...

from a former sand

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and the 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

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and Yan Kit.

Present

In 2004, Public Utilties Board (PUB) allowed

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at Lower Seletar Reservoir. This was done in collaboration with the

Singapore Sports Council Sport Singapore (SportSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of the Government of Singapore. It is the lead agency tasked with developing a holistic sports culture for the nation. History Sport Singapore was ...

(SSC) and the Seletar Country Club. This is the first time sailing was introduced in local reservoirs. Sports

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is also carried out at designated areas of the Lower Seletar Reservoir. In 2024, an estuarine crocodile was spotted swimming near the dam, captured in a video that went viral.

References

External links

Lower Seletar Reservoir Park
{{Authority control Parks in Singapore Reservoirs in Singapore Seletar Yishun

History

Present

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