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Wednesday, January 3, 1973
PROBE INTO SEWAGE DISCHARGE INTO H.K. WATERS
Report On Marine Investigations Tabled
Marine investigations into the effects of sewage discharge into
Hong Kong waters show that conditions are generally good but that there are
some trouble spots.
These trouble spots include the shallow waters off West Kowloon
between Lai Chi Kok and Yau Ma Tei and just off the shore of the townships
of Sha Tin and Tai Po..
The report on the investigations, tabled in Legislative Council
today, was prepared by Messrs J.D. & D.M. Watson, Consulting Engineers,
with the help of the Drainage Works Division of the Civil Engineering
Office, Public Works Department.
Compiled after a two-year study, the report will assist the
Public Works Department in planning future sewage disposal facilities
which will not increase the pollution of the sea above tolerable limits.
As a result of the findings, the Public Works Department's views
on the form of sewage treatment to be adopted at Castle Peak and Sha
Tin Now Towns have now been finalised.
A submarine outfall with diffusers discharging into the tidal
stream is proposed for Castle Peak while full treatment will be provided
in Sha Tin before sewage is discharged into the more sheltered waters of
Tide Cove.
The report