River Indus Pumping Scheme
8.75. Tenders were invited for completing minor outstanding works in and around the pumping station.
Shek Pik and Tung Chung Schemes
8.76. Minor irrigation works associated with the Tung Chung Scheme continued.
Uprating of Sha Tin Treatment Works and Pumping Station and Tai Po Tau Pumping Station
8.77. The proposals for extending the Sha Tin Treatment plant were studied and it was decided to divide the work into two components, namely, uprating the present capacity from 80 million to 100 million gallons per day and subsequently increasing the capacity to 175 million gallons per day incorporating provision for further uprating to be carried out at a later date to deal with the water collected from sources other than the Plover Cove complex.
8.78. A contract was awarded for the supply and installation of three 30 million gallons per day pumps for uprating the Tai Po Tau pumping station and a similar contract was let for two 30 million gallons per day units required at the Sha Tin pumping station.
8.79. Tenders were invited for the supply and installation of the electrical equipment required for the uprating of the Tai Po Tau pumping station and a quotation was obtained for the associated supervisory control and instrumentation equipment.
8.80. Selected specialist firms were invited to tender for supplying and installing suitable additional treatment plant and tenders were called for the investigation of the sites for the proposed extensions.
8.81. Design of the new pump house facilities at Tai Po Tau and Sha Tin and of the bandscreen chamber and revised discharge arrangements at Tai Po Tau was put in hand.
Raising of Plover Cove Dams
8.82. The proposal for raising the Plover Cove dams by 12 feet to +39 P.D. was accepted. Tenders were invited for the investigation of the earth fill in the existing dams, spillway foundations and proposed borrow areas.
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