[5] The station's construction involved the temporarily diversion of an existing canal for the implementation of the diaphragm wall.

[6] On 31 May 2017, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that the station would be opened on 21 October that year.

A tactile system, consisting of tiles with rounded or elongated raised studs,[15] guides visually impaired commuters through the station, with dedicated routes that connect the station entrances to the platforms or between the lines.

Alluding to the namesake reservoir, the artwork intends to depict the relationship between water flow and human traffic in the station.

Besides a stylized bench, the artwork features a message on the lift shaft: "What matters is not where you're going but where your dreams are headed" cast in light blue, which, according to writer Justin Zhuang, "dribbles down" the shaft in motifs of droplets that "flow" on the platform to the exit.

[17] The message on the lift shaft was in a typeface Ng adapted to reflect the concept of flow, with the motifs of droplets embedded on the platform floor in granite and steel.