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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1976
EXTRA SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR SHA TIN
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CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL START SOON ON AN INTERIM SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT SHA TIN TO COPE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN SEWAGE RESULTING FROM THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.
TENDERS FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS WERE INVITED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AND CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN JUNE 1976 FOR COMPLETION IN MARCH 1977.
MR. WONG KWOK-CHOY, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, SAID TODAY THE NEW PLANT WOULD CONSIDERABLY ENHANCE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES AT SHA TIN, PENDING THE PROVISION OF A COMPREHENSIVE PERMANENT PLANT PROBABLY IN MID-1979.
+PLANS FOR THE PERMANENT PLANT ARE ALREADY WELL ADVANCED,+ HE SAID, BUT IN THE MEANTIME ADDITIONAL SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES ARE BEING PROVIDED TO ELIMINATE THE RISK OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.+
THE INTERIM PLANT, HE SAID, WOULD BE BUILT ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING TREATMENT WORKS AT FO TAN NEAR TOLO HARBOUR AND WOULD MORE OR LESS TRIPLE THE CAPACITY FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT IN THE AREA.
+COMPARED WITH THE EXISTING PLANT WHICH CAN SERVE ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE, THE NEW ONE WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES TO SERVE ANOTHER 60,000 PEOPLE AS WELL AS TREATING WASTE FROM A SIZEABLE INDUSTRIAL AREA,+ HE SAID.
THE NEW TREATMENT WORKS, HE ADDED, WOULD INCORPORATE A COMPLETE SEWAGE PURIFICATION ́SYSTEM CONSISTING OF PRELIMINARY UNITS FOR REMOVING LARGE FLOATING SOLIDS, BIOLOGICAL TANKS FOR REMOVING POLLUTANTS, AND EQUIPMENT FOR DEWATERING THE SLUDGE.
THE CLARIFIED EFFLUENT, HE SAID, WOULD BE DISCHARGED INTO FO TAN NULLAH WHILE THE DEWATERED SLUDGE WOULD BE DISPOSED OF AS LANDFILL IN CONTROLLED TIPS.
TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WERE CALLED LAST DECEMBER, AND THE WHOLE PLANT SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL BY MID-1977.
THE INTERIM TREATMENT WORKS HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY WATSON (HONG KONG) CHARTERED CIVIL ENGINEERS, CONSULTANTS TO THE GOVERNMENT, WHO WILL SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS UNDER THE OVERALL SUPERVISION OF THE CONSULTANT MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, P.W.D.
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