The Linggiu Reservoir, which allows Singapore to reliably draw water from the Johor River, is at ‘significant risk’ of running out of water this year if 2017 turns out to be a dry year. — TODAY file photoSINGAPORE, Jan 10 — There is a “significant risk” that Linggiu Reservoir in Johor may run out of water this year if 2017 turns out to be a dry year, and that could pose severe problems for Singapore and Malaysia, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said yesterday (January 9).
If water levels in the reservoir — which discharges water into the Johor River to supplement its flow — hits 0 per cent, there will be many more instances when national water agency PUB will not be able to draw Singapore’s daily entitlement of raw water from the Johor River. Johor’s Semangar and Logi Air water treatment plants will also be affected, he said.