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Storage particulars are as follows:-

Table VI.

Name of reservoir Capacity (million gallons) Locality Remarks Tytam 362 Island Gravitational Tytam Byewash 22 " " Tytam (Intermediate) 30 " " Wongneichong 173 " Requires pumping Aberdeen (Upper) 66 " " Pokfulam 37 " " Tytam Tuk 17 " " Aberdeen (Lower) 196 " 1,406 Total Island storage 2,362 " * Kowloon 353 Mainland Gravitational Kowloon Byewash 186 " " Shek Li Pui 12 " " Jubilee (Shing Mun) 116 " " Reception 3 " " Total mainland storage 2,921 " 3,609 Total Island storage 2,362 " Total storage 5,971 "

The mainland, i.e. Kowloon and New Kowloon, is supplied solely from mainland sources. The Island is supplied partly from its own storage and partly from the mainland by way of two submarine mains.

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