All water supplies are metered and the charges for domestic and trade consumption are:
A desalting plant with a daily capacity of 182,000 cubic metres is available as a stand-by source.
The present annual consumption of water is about 430 million cubic metres. Quality is maintained to the highest international standards.
Domestic
for the first 4 units
over 4 units and up to 8 units over 8 units and up to 14 units over 14 units and up to 20 units over 20 units Trade (Commercial and Industrial) ...
HK$
US$
per
per
unit unit
Free
3.00 0.60
5.50
1.10
8.50 1.70
12.00 2.40 5.50 1.10
Note One unit-1,000 gallons. Billing period is four
months.
Above: Tsing Yi Power Plant of the China Light and Power Co. Ltd. Right: The High Island Reservoir was formed by damming and draining an arm of the sea.
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