had, however, been made and it was found possible to commence Prior to the first week impounding water early in the summer.
in August, however, when the villagers of Tai Lam Chung and Kwan Uk Ti were removed to a new block of quarters built for them in Tsuen Wan, some water had to be run to waste to avoid flooding the two villages.
314. The scheme was officially declared open by Lady Patricia Lennox-Boyd when the new filters at Tsuen Wan were put into operation on March 7th. On this day there were 1,450 million gallons impounded in the reservoir and the following works had been completed:
(a) The construction of the three low gap dams.
(b) The delivery tunnels between Tai Lam Chung and Tsuen Wan, approximately 8,700 yards in length and generally 6 feet 9 inches in diameter.
(c) The laying of approximately 8,000 feet of 48 inch diameter pipe between the tunnel, the outlet portal and the pumping station at Tsuen Wan.
(d) The construction of one half of the pumphouse at Tsuen Wan and the installation of pumping equipment of 20 million gallon per day capacity.
(e) The laying of approximately 1,800 feet of 36 inch diameter pipe between the pumphouse and the filtration plant.
(f) The construction of one half of the filter house and the installation of filtration equipment to treat 20 million gallons of water per day.
(g) The laying of approximately 10,000 feet of 48 inch and 2,000 feet of 36 inch diameter piping between the filters and the Lai Chi Kok Service Reservoir.
(h) The laying of 13,500 feet of 36 inch, 7,500 feet of 30 inch and 15,000 feet of 24 inch diameter piping between Lai Chi Kok Gap, Kau Wa Kang and Diamond Hill.
(i) The construction of a pumphouse and the installation of pumping plant at Kau Wa Kang.
(j) The construction of a 12 million gallon service reservoir at Kau Wa Kang, a 5 million gallon one at Diamond Hill and another of the same capacity at Ma Tau Wei.
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