SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1978
NEW SERVICE RESERVOIR NEAR COMPLETION
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THE SECOND LION ROCK HIGH-LEVEL SERVICE RESERVOIR, ONE OF THE BIGGEST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, IS NEARING COMPLETION AND WILL COME INTO OPERATION IN TWO MONTHS.
THE $13 MILLION SERVICE RESERVOIR, SITUATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE KOWLOON PORTAL OF THE LION ROCK TUNNEL, HAS A CAPACITY OF MORE THAN 95 MILLION LITRES.
MR. LEUNG TAT-MING, CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION) CF THE P.W.D.'S WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, SAID THE RESERVOIR IS PART OF THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME.
+IT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PRIMARY STORAGE FOR THE INCREASED OUTPUT OF SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS WHOSE DAILY CAPACITY HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 109 MILLION LITRES,+ HE SAID.
+ THE SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL BE FED BY TRUNK MAINS LAID IN THE LION ROCK TUNNELS AND WILL SUPPLY WATER TO OTHER SERVICE RESERVOIRS IN KOWLOON AND ON HONG KONG ISLAND VIA THE CROSS- HARBOUR MAIN. +
LIKE SOME OF THE DIGGER SERVICE RESERVOIRS THE DECKING OF THIS NEW SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL PROVIDE SOME 10,000 SQUARE METRES OF OPEN SPACE WHICH CAN BE USED AS A PLAYGROUND IF THE NEED ARISES.
MR. LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE SERVICE RESERVOIR WAS ONE OF NINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AT PRESENT.
THE CTHER EIGHT - ONE ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND SEVEN THE NEW TERRITORIES - COST A TOTAL OF ABOUT 336 MILLION. THEY CONSIST OF SIX FRESH WATER SERVICE RESERVOIRS AND TWO FOR SALT WATER.
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THE CAPACITY OF THESE RESERVOIRS RANGE FROM ONE MILLION TO 30 MILLION LITRES. MOST OF THEM ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETICY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.
MR. LEUNG SAID THAT THESE SERVICE RESERVOIRS ERE PART OF A PLAN OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY TO AREAS ON ECTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.
THEY ALSO AIM TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING DEMAND AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW TERRITOR 193.
APART FROM THESE SERVICE RESERVOIRS MR. LEUNG SAID 16 CTHERS MERE PLANNED TO BE BUILT IN THE MEXT TO YEARS.
THREE OF THEM WILL BE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, TWO IN KOWLOON AND 11 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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