Part A

History

Jurong Lake is located amid the densely populated Jurong new town, next to the Chinese Garden MRT station in the western part of Singapore. Before it was developed, Jurong was a mangrove swamp with some plantation farms, fish and prawn ponds and crocodile-infested rivers. The area was developed into an industrial estate in 1961. Residential and recreational amenities were built in the next two decades to attract workers and to facilitate the expansion of the estate. Jurong Lake was formed with the damming of Sungei Jurong further downstream. In September 2010, the ABC Waters site at Jurong Lake was launched. The site featured a 235-metre-boardwalk and fishing deck, as well as a stage and viewing gallery along the south-western promenade. There are dedicated lanes for competitive rowing and a water activity-based centre operated by the People’s Association.

Site Highlights

Boardwalk with wetland plants
Visitors can take a walk along the boardwalk, which features wetlands that help to cleanse the water and maintain good water quality in the reservoir. The wetlands are also home to a rich biodiversity of fishes, birds, dragonflies, butterflies and amphibians.

Fishing deck
This dedicated fishing deck is a hit among fishing enthusiasts. Anglers are encouraged to use only artificial bait to ensure that the quality of the reservoir water is not affected.

Fountain
The 20-metre-high fountain adds to the beauty of the lake, both by day and night.

Adopters' Activities

	Yuan Ching Secondary actively uses their adopted site as an outdoor class room for project work. One of projects they worked on was studying how the wetland plants have a positive effect on quality of water at Jurong Lake. Other than that, the school frequents Jurong Lake for their dragon boat trainings and annual cross country run.
	On World Water Day 2012, Taman Jurong CC and T-Net Club @ Taman Jurong hosted the biggest-ever Mass Water Filtration Exercise for the Singapore Book of Records, with more than 1000 participants! The simple exercise offered a glimpse of the hard work and effort that goes into the water treatment process – from raw source to the water we have from the taps. This exercise aims to help people better appreciate our precious water resources and value the clean drinking water we have flowing from our taps.
	Singapore Civil Defence Force, CD 4th Division, CDA, and BRTC regularly lend a helping hand to ensure that Jurong Lake is kept clean and free of litter. They conduct clean ups every quarter of the year at the lake.

On our trip to Jurong Lake Park, we saw many different organisms, such which can be very commonly found, some others which some of us has yet to see. Even though we come over to Jurong Lake Park for our 2.4km run, JLP is still quite foreign to some of us. People who visit JLP are of all ages, in the morning, some nearby residents will come over for a morning jog, some older people will come here for their morning exercise, facing the lake, which reflects the scenery. Some students come to JLP for school runs, some come for science experiment or just a class outing, others go to JLP to play. JLP is a great place to come with your family members.