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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1976
SEWERS AND SUBMARINE OUTFALL
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WORK WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH ON A SERIES OF SEWERS AND SUBMARINE OUTFALL IN HUNG HOM, AP LE CHAU AND CHAI WAN TO STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
IN HUNG HOM, A NETWORK OF SOME 800 METRES OF SEWAGE PIPELINES WILL BE LAID BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN WINSLOW STREET AND CHATHAM ROAD OUTSIDE THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,
MR. CHAN YAN, CHIEF P.W.D. ENGINEERS OF THE DRAINAGE WORKS DIVISION SAID TODAY THE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO CARRY SEWAGE FROM THE HUNG HOM AREA TO THE EXISTING SCREENING PLANT NEAR THE JUNCTION OF SALISBURY ROAD AND CHATHAM ROAD.
+THERE THE SEWAGE WILL BE SCREENED TO REMOVE SOLID WASTES AND THE EFFLUENT DISCHARGED INTO THE HARBOUR THROUGH A SUBMARINE PIPELINE SO THAT IT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY DISPERSED BY THE SEA WATER, HE SAID.
+ THE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR THE AREA, AND HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO COPE WITH FUTURE NEEDS ARISING FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EASTERN PART OF TSIM SHA TSUI,+ HE ADDED.
AT AP LEI CHAU, A 650-METRE INTERCEPTING SEWER AND A STORM-WATER DRAIN WILL BE BUILT ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE ISLAND.
MR. CHAN SAID THIS WOULD FORM PART OF A MAJOR SEWERAGE SCHEME TO INTERCEPT AND CONVEY SEWAGE FROM THE DISTRICT FOR PROPER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL AT A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS SOON TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND.
+THE STORMWATER DRAIN, WHICH IS OF ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AND LENGTH AS THE SEWER, IS DESIGNED TO REPLACE THE TEMPORARY SURFACE CHANNELS CURRENTLY IN USE AND PROVIDE A PERMANENT DRAINAGE OUTLET FOR THE CATCHMENT AREA, HE SAID.
IN CHAI WAN, TWO PARALLEL PIPELINES, EACH ABOUT 600 METRES LONG, WILL BE LAID ON THE SEABED OFF THE RECLAMATION AT SUN YIP STREET TO CONVEY SEWAGE FROM THE AREA TO DEEP WATER WHERE IT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY DILUTED AND DISPERSED.
TENDERS FOR THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING INVITED AND WORK WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH.
THESE NEW SEWERAGE SYSTEMS AT HUNG HOM AND AP LEI CHAU SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, WHILE THAT AT CHAI WAN WILL TAKE SOME 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
ALL THREE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY THE DRAINAGE WORKS DIVISION OF THE P.W.D.'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE WHICH WILL SUPERVISE THE CONSTRUCTION WORK.
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