Lower Seletar Reservoir
Lower Seletar Reservoir is in the northern part of Singapore, in Yishun New Town. It covers 3.6 square kilometers and can hold about 9.5 million cubic meters of water. The water is on average 2 meters deep, with a maximum depth of 5.5 meters. The shoreline runs around 14 kilometers.
The reservoir was built as part of the Sungei Seletar/Bedok Water Scheme, finished in 1986. The project dammed Sungei Seletar to create Lower Seletar Reservoir and also created Bedok Reservoir from a former sand quarry, together with Bedok Waterworks. The system includes nine stormwater collection stations that tap runoff from nearby urban areas; eight of these are ponds at Yishun, Tampines, Bedok and Yan Kit.
In 2004, sailing was allowed on Lower Seletar Reservoir, in collaboration with the Singapore Sports Council and Seletar Country Club—the first time sailing was permitted on local reservoirs. Sports fishing is also available in designated areas.
In 2024, an estuarine crocodile was spotted swimming near the dam, and a video of the sighting went viral.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 08:19 (CET).