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Tuesday, February 5, 1974
IMPROVEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY
To Stanley And Repulse Bay Area
A new break-pressure tank, capable of holding 12,500 gallons of
water, will be built shortly at West Bay to improve the water supply to
the Stanley and Repulse Bay area.
At the same time, about 200 feet of main will be laid in conjunction
with the project.
The new tank will replace the existing one which serves premises
at Headland Road and the low lying area of Repulse Bay.
Work on the project will begin next month and is expected to take
about four months to complete.
Commenting on the project, a spokesman for the Public Works
Department said that the existing tank, which only has a capacity of
11,000 gallons, was built before the war and cracks and leakage had
developed resulting in wastage of water and the possibility of contamination.
"To cope with the present demand a bigger tank with larger inlet
pipe is necessary, " he said.
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