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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1977
ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS ROB SHEUNG YUEN LING RESIDENTS OF WATER SUPPLY ******
THE RESIDENTS OF SHEUNG YUEN LING HAVE BEEN DENIED AN ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY DURING THE PERIOD OF WATER RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE OF ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS WHICH CUT THE SUPPLY BY ALMOST 20 PER CENT.
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON. DAVID MCDONALD, DENIED A SUGGESTION THAT THE RESIDENTS OF SHEUNG YUEN LING HAD BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN WATER AS A RESULT OF WATER RESTRICTIONS,
HE SAID ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS, NOT THE RESTRICTIONS ON SUPPLY, WERE THE CAUSE OF POOR PRESSURE.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON, JAMES WU, MR. MCDONALD SAID, +AS A RESULT OF A COMPLAINT RECEIVED ON JUNE 23 THAT TWO OF THE TEN PUBLIC STANDPIPES SERVING THE VILLAGE FAILED TO SUPPLY WATER IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY, AN INSPECTION WAS MADE AND REVEALED
ILLEGAL TAPPING OF THE SERVICE MAIN SUPPLYING THE STANDPIPES.
+ THE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS WERE REMOVED AND NORMAL OUTPUT FROM THE STANDPIPES RESUMED ON JUNE 25.+
MR. MCDONALD SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO SUBSEQUENT COMPLAINTS OF LACK OF SUPPLY, BUT A RECENT REQUEST FROM THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE FOR AN ADDITIONAL STANDPIPE HAS BEEN APPROVED AND IT WILL BE
INSTALLED WITHIN A WEEK.
MR. WU ALSO ASKED WHETHER NEARBY MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION HAD RESULTED IN THE DRYING UP OF WELLS AT SHEUNG YUEN LING.
MR. MCDONALD SAID IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED THAT THE M.T.R. WORKS HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE YIELD FROM THE WELLS.
HE SAID THAT THOUGH THE EXACT NUMBER OF WELLS IN THE AREA WAS UNKNOWN, IT WAS CLAIMED THAT THERE MIGHT BE AS MANY AS 50.
MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT SIX OF THE LARGER WELLS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE M.T.R. CONSTRUCTION WORKS WERE INSPECTED ON JULY 8.
+THE WELLS ARE ABOUT ONE METRE IN DIAMETER AND RANGE IN DEPTH FROM APPROXIMATELY 8.5 METRES TO 13.2 METRES.
MR. MCDONALD SAID THAT AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, THE DEPTH OF WATER RANGED FROM TWO METRES IN THE SHALLOWEST WELL TO ABOUT 10 METRES IN THE DEEPEST WELL.
+THE WELLS HAD BEEN RECHARGED AS A RESULT OF FAVOURABLE RAINFALL IN THE PRECEEDING DAYS, MR. MCDONALD SAID, INDICATES THAT THE PREVIOUS LACK OF WATER WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY DUE TO THE EXCEPTIONALLY DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS.+
WHICH
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