AFP
30 Jun 2008
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singapore is known for its greenery but it may soon be recognised for its blue -- as in blue water.
That is the hope of civic officials behind a project to seal off the city-state's waterfront from the sea and create a three-in-one water source for drinking, flood control and recreation.
Recently finished after about three years of construction, the 240-million Singapore dollar (176 million US) Marina Barrage will create a new source of precious water in a city-state with almost no natural resources of its own.
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