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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1975
ON THE BALING PLANT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS PLANNED TO SET UP THIS PILOT PROJECT ON A PROPOSED CONTROLLED TIPPING SITE AT SAI TSO WAN AND TRY IT OUT FOR TWO YEARS TO EVALUATE THE RESULTS. THE PLANT WILL HANDLE ABOUT 600 TONS OF REFUSE A DAY.
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HE NOTED THAT BALING A PROCESS WHEREBY SOLID WASTES
WAS ARE FIRST TREATED AND THEN COMPRESSED INTO BLOCKS SUBSTANTIALLY CHEAPER AND THE END-PRODUCT VASTLY EASIER TO DISTUSE OF IN LANDFILL AREAS.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT IN BOTH THE COMPOSTING AND BALING PROCESSES, THE BULK REDUCTION IN VOLUME OF THE TREATED WASTE WOULD YIELD LOWER TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND ENABLE MORE ECONOMICAL USE TO BE MADE OF LANDFILL SITES.
RESERVOIRS 95 PER CENT FULL *****
A TOTAL OF 63,897 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER WERE IN STORE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. THIS (MONDAY) MORNING, REPRESENTING 94.9 PER CENT OF THE FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS.
ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR THE TOTAL STORAGE WAS ONLY 54,116 MILLION GALLONS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATERWORKS OFFICE SAID.
PLOVER COVE, HONG KONG'S BIGGEST RESERVOIR, HELD 49,300 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 97.6 PER CENT OF ITS FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, IT HELD 38,462 MILLION GALLONS.
+TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR STANDS AT 2,979.4 MM (117.3 IN). THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL THIS YEAR IS 2,140.3 MM (84.26 IN),+ HE CONTINUED.
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