Western New Territories Supplies, Stage II
10.47. Western New Territories Supplies, Stage II, consisting of a new 2 million gallon per day treatment works and service reservoir will meet the increased demand of Yuen Long. The work made satisfactory progress. Much of the excavation was in bed rock. A start was made on the concrete reservoir foundations.
Shum Chun Scheme, Stage I
10.48. Shum Chun Scheme, Stage I, which delivers raw water from the Chinese Shum Chun Reservoir and Indus River to Tai Lam Chung Reservoir, was completed.
Irrigation Works in the New Territories
10.49. The Ho Pui Dam and two dams at Tsing Tam were completed. These will provide storage for 145 million gallons of summer yield and guard against a late advent of the rains necessary for the April and May planting periods, or even worse, a summer drought. The Hon. Director of Public Works officiated at the opening ceremony for the three dams, held at the Ho Pui Site on the 29th January, 1962.
10.50. In addition, the Ku Tung Dam in Tai Po district together with 31 diversionary dams, and 29,300 feet of channel were completed.
Shek Ku Chau Drug Addiction Centre
10.51. The Centre was provided with its own independent water supply from two stream intakes. After passing through roughing filters the water was pumped to a storage tank, enabling the centre to be fed by gravity.
Shek Pik Scheme
10.52. A network of open channels and tunnels will bring the yield of 6,200 acres of indirect catchment into Shek Pik Reservoir. 6½ miles of open catchwater and 1½ miles of tunnel were completed.
10.53. The grouting of the main dam abutments was completed. 1,900,000 cubic yards of selected fill material was placed and compacted to form the dam, and arrangements made for the sand to form the upstream shoulder to be extracted from Nim Wan.
10.54. The valve tower and driving of the supply tunnels were virtually complete, and a good start made on the lining of these tunnels. The 48″ raw water main was completed and tested.
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