# DESALINATION
Chief Engineer, Projects Division:
WU Yu-ngong, M.Eng., C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E.
Chief Resident Engineer/Lok On Pai (or Chief Engineer/Special Duties):
J.L. McDERMONT, B.Sc. (Hons.), D.I.C., C.Eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.W.E.
AU-YOUNG Young, B.Sc. (Hons.), C.Eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.W.E., M.A.S.C.E.
Superintending Engineer/Lok On Pai, Operations Division:
E.J. EVANS, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Fuel
General
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Desalting work is subdivided between the Projects Division, the Chief Resident Engineer's staff and the Operations Division.
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The Projects Division is responsible, through the Consulting Engineers, for all matters relating to the design, specification and off-site manufacture of the 40 million gallons per day desalting plant at Lok On Pai, for assessment of plant performance during the acceptance tests, for monitoring expenditure on the project as a whole, for the preparation of contract documents for consumable materials required for plant operation, and for establishing a corrosion monitoring programme for the evaporators. It is also responsible for preliminary studies in connection with future desalting projects.
11.85 The Chief Resident Engineer's staff are responsible for all matters relating to the civil engineering aspects of the desalting plant at Lok On Pai.
11.86 The Operations Division is responsible for the supervision of erection, commissioning and subsequent operation of the desalting plant at Lok On Pai, including in-service training for junior operating staff.
PROJECTS DIVISION
40 Million Gallons Per Day Single Purpose Desalting Plant
11.87 A contract for the supply and installation of site fire fighting equipment at a total cost of some $1.8 million was signed.
11.88 The supply of 6,000 tons of furnace fuel for initial tests on the plant was negotiated, and a contract for the subsequent supply of 162,000 tons of fuel at a total cost of some $57 million was awarded.
11.89 Arrangements for the procurement of 1,000 feet of oil boom for containing possible oil spillage at Lok On Pai were made.
11.90 A programme for monitoring the corrosion rate and controlling the brine chemistry in the evaporators was set up, based on advice from the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Corrosion monitoring equipment as recommended by the UKAEA and costing about $170,000 was ordered.
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