TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1976
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SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS FOR TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ******
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO BUILD A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT TAI PO TO COPE WITH TRADE WASTES FROM THE FUTURE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PLANNED IN THE AREA.
TENDERS FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS FOR THE PLANT ARE NOW BEING INVITED AND CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN AUGUST. THE PLANT SHOULD BE READY BY THE BEGINNING OF 1978.
MR. CHAN YAN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE DRAINAGE WORKS DIVISION, SAID TODAY THE PLANT WOULD INCORPORATE PURIFICATION SYSTEM TO PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN THE AREA,
+ INITIALLY, HE SAID, THE PLANT WILL SERVE THE STAGE ONE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BUT ALLOWANCE IS MADE TO EXPAND IT LATER ON TO SERVE THE WHOLE OF TAI PO DISTRICT.+
THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS TO BE BUILT ON A THREE-HECTARE (7.4-ACRE) SITE ON PART OF NEW LAND NOW BEING RECLAIMED BY THE P.W.D.'S DEVELOPMENT AND AIRPORT DIVISION,
THE RECLAMATION BEGAN EARLY THIS YEAR AND WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 24 HECTARES (60 ACRES) OF LAND BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR FOR STAGE ONE OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
THE FIRST SITES IN THE ESTATE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT NEXT MONTH, AND IT IS ENVISAGED THAT THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL PLANTS WILL BE IN OPERATION BY THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT YEAR.
MR. CHAN SAID THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS WOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES IN THE AREA.
+ IT WILL PROVIDE COMPLETE SEWAGE PURIFICATION USING WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS. SEWAGE FIRST PASSES THROUGH GRIT CHANNELS AND SETTLING TANKS TO REMOVE GRIT AND SUSPENDED SOLIDS AND THEN THROUGH AERATION TANKS FOR BIOLOGICAL REDUCTION OF ORGANIC MATERIALS.
+THE QUALITY OF THE CLARIFIED EFFLUENT WILL THEREFORE BE SUCH THAT TOLO HARBOUR WILL NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED, HE SAID.
OTHER WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WOULD INCLUDE STAFF QUARTERS AND AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
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