Originally posted by zheshi:
It is really call a dam. But just not those huge and powerful dam u saw on other country la.
It main purpose is to release water into the open sea if the water level in the resirvor is too high...
http://app.mewr.gov.sg/view.asp?id=SAS364:
PUB has tidal gates at four other locations. These are: Lower Seletar Reservoir, Poyan Reservoir, Pandan Canal and Jurong Lake.
http://www.pub.gov.sg/info_center/press_release20122006a.aspx:At the Lower Seletar and Kranji reservoirs, this included releasing water through the tide gates to prevent and alleviate flooding in those areas.
Tidal/Tide gates.
