Committee
Provisional Council for the Use
and Conservation of the Countryside
Colony Outline Plan Committee
No. 6-Community Requirements
Colony Outline Plan Committee
No. 4-Utilities and Services
Resettlement Programme Committee
Castle Peak and Sha Tin New Towns
Works Committee
Castle Peak and Sha Tin New Towns
Management Committee
Representative(s)
Director of Water Supplies
Director of Water Supplies
Government Water Engineer
Chief Engineer (Distribution)
A Senior Engineer
A Senior Engineer
8.05. Mr. E. WILMOT-MORGAN presented a paper at the International Conference on Water for Peace, held in Washington during May. Mr. A. S. ROBERTSON accompanied representatives of the Consultants engaged on desalination investigations, on a visit to a number of desalination plants in Central and North America during March.
8.06. Details of rainfall, storage, consumption and other general statistics are given in Appendix Z.
General
DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
Chief Engineer:
T. H. TOMLINSON, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E. (to 3.4.67) C. N. WONG, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E. (Acting)
J. S. DON, B.Sc.(Hons.), A.M.I.C.E, (from 15.10.67)
8.07. The Division continued to maintain and operate the various installations connected with the day to day supply of water. Disturbances during May and June, with the associated walkout of a large number of employees, whilst affecting output and requiring redistribution of staff did not disrupt the essential function of maintaining water supplies in the Colony.
Supply Section
8.08. At the end of the year 18,533 million gallons of water were held in storage, including 5,734 million gallons in Plover Cove reservoir. Total storage was 5,291 million gallons at the same time last year. Yield from old catchment areas was higher than last year and was further
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