Upper Seletar Reservoir ( ms, Takungan Air Upper Seletar, Chinese: 实里达蓄水池上段) is

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

's third impounding

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, after MacRitchie Reservoir and

Peirce Reservoir The Lower Peirce Reservoir (Chinese: 贝雅士蓄水池下段 Malay: ''Takungan Air Lower Peirce'') is one of the oldest reservoirs in Singapore. It is located near MacRitchie Reservoir and Upper Peirce Reservoir. Previously known as Kallang ...

(now the Upper Peirce Reservoir and the Lower Peirce Reservoir). It is located within the Central Water Catchment area of Singapore island.

History

Upper Seletar Reservoir was formerly known as the ''Seletar Reservoir'', before the completion of the Lower Seletar Reservoir near

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, formed by the damming up of the

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of Seletar River, in 1986. The Seletar Reservoir was built to meet the surge in water demand after

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. Built while

D. J. Murnane David Joseph Murnane (1892–1953) was Singapore's longest serving municipal water engineer, serving from 1925 to 1947. Early life Born in Coolock, Dublin, Ireland in 1892, Murnane was the third son of David and Mary (née Cummins) Murnane. At ...

was Municipal Water Engineer, a contemporary description of the project scope and construction in 1939 is included in the footnote. The construction work was overseen by Murnane's deputy F. G. Hill. It was completed in 1940 and officially opened on 10 August 1969 by Princess Alexandra.

Highlights

The Upper Seletar Reservoir Park, formerly known as Seletar Reservoir Park, covers a large expanse of open space on the eastern side of the reservoir. The 15-

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park was completed in 1973. It features a viewing

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, and is a frequent venue for joggers, walkers and

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enthusiasts. Formerly, Hash Harriers and horse riders visited the Upper Seletar Reservoir Park as well. The

Singapore Zoo The Singapore Zoo, formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens or Mandai Zoo, is a zoo located on the margins of Upper Seletar Reservoir within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area. Opened in 1973, the zoo was built at ...

, formerly known as Singapore Zoological Gardens, the Night Safari and the Mandai

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Garden are located on the margins of the Upper Seletar Reservoir. It is said there are crocodiles currently living in the reservoir, however no concrete evidence have been found, as all past reports were based on eyewitnesses accounts. Nonetheless, signboards with "Beware of Crocodile" have been placed along various locations at the sides of the reservoir.

References

*Norman Edwards and Peter Keys (1996), ''Singapore - A Guide to Buildings, Streets and Places'', Times Books International,

External links

National Parks Board, Singapore
{{Parks in Singapore Reservoirs in Singapore Parks in Singapore Central Water Catchment

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