25 Oct 09 Marina Barrage 滨海堤坝

The Marina Barrage (Chinese:滨海堤坝) is a dam in Singapore built across the Marina Channel between the reclaimed lands of Marina East and Marina South. It was officially opened on 1 November 2008[1].
The Marina Barrage was conferred the Superior Achievement Award[4] - the highest honour of the competition for the best project entry - at the AAEE Annual Awards Luncheon held in Washington, DC, USA on 6 May 2009. The Marina Barrage beat 33 other entries to take home the top prize in this year's competition organised by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers[5] (AAEE), becoming the second project outside of USA to win the award, in the last decade[6].
The S$226 million project turns Marina Bay and Kallang Basin into a new downtown freshwater Marina Reservoir. It provides water supply, flood control and a new lifestyle attraction. This structure will provide flood control by changing the tide flow into the barrage. The flood control is necessary due to the fact that Singapore receives over 100 inches of rain.
The station has several notable features. In can pump up to 6.3 billion gallons of water per day. The barrage also allows for a consistent water level regardless of tidal flows. The facility also has a 13-megawatt power generation station.
The building of the Marina Barrage required the relocation of Clifford Pier from Collyer Quay to Marina South (see Marina South Pier).
It is open for viewing 24/7. However, the information counter is only open from 10.00am to 6.00pm. Tours for a maximum capacity of 80 people to the Visitor Centre can be arranged prior to arrival.
Lead Engineer on the project for CDM was Robert Hurdle.

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一个“把淡水储存起来，别让它流入大海”的工程，这是一个梦想一个神话。在滨海用大闸把大海隔起来，让滨海盆地渐渐形成一个庞大的蓄水区，经过处理后的水再输送回去给城市各个角落。这个理念是当初由李光耀先生提出的，这算是他对“永续新加坡”的其中一项发展。再来，堤坝也用了Solar Energy来供电，屋顶上则是比足球场还大的草坪（为了降温），许多年轻人都在那放风筝拍照和野餐。

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25 Oct 09

Marina Barrage 滨海堤坝, 这是我第一次听到第一次去。这也多亏了黑哥，要是没有黑哥这个地方估计我这辈子都不会去吧。黑哥说这个地方没有bus，要走进来还是有点距离的。这个时候就感到有辆车真好啊，无论什么时候想去哪里都可以。出发的时候已经是晚上10点多了，嫂子问那有什么的时候黑哥还故作神秘的说到了就知道了。 这些照片真实太好看了，越看越好看，让我忍不住的一个劲的上传。都说新加坡的夜景好看，也是以前也没好好看过。这次我们是晚上去的，这大半夜的都没什么人，零星的几对情侣，这真是个谈情说爱的好地方，可以躺在草坪上看夜色下的星空，多浪漫的一件事啊。
回来百度下才知道原来这个就是用了我们以前上学学的那个什么solar panels，是用来在白天的时候积累能量来发电的，现在想想当初要是做了这行说不定也不错呢。不过无所谓了，反正以前上学的时候也就是学个大概就知道是怎么回事而已，让我做我也做不出来。不过新加坡确实挺先进的，不知道中国有多少这样的东西。