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FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1978°
TUEN MUN WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXTENSION BEGINS OPERATION
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THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. TOM TOMLINSON, TODAY SET INTO OPERATION THE NEW EXTENSION TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT TUEN MUN.
THE EXTENSION, COSTING $5 MILLION, WILL BOOST THE DAILY CAPACITY OF THE PLANT FROM THE EXISTING 45,500 CUBIC METRES TO 91,000 CUBIC METRES.
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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR. TOMLINSON SAID THAT THE PLANT WAS NOW CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ENOUGH FRESH WATER TO SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AND ALONG CASTLE PEAK ROAD BETWEEN 16 AND 18 MILESTONES, UP TO MID-1980.
THE EXTENSION, HE ADDED, WOULD ALSO AUGMENT WATER SUPPLY TO THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT.
MR. TOMLINSON RECALLED THAT PLANNING OF THE PRESENT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM BEGAN ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO DEVELOP CASTLE PEAK INTO A NEW TOWN WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY ACCOMMODATE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 500,000.
WORK ON THE SYSTEM IS BEING CARRIED OUT IN STAGES, THE
FIRST OF WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS.
HE SAID THAT PART ONE OF THE FIRST STAGE OF THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TREATMENT WORKS WITH A DAILY CAPACITY OF 27,000 CUBIC METRES, A SERVICE RESERVOIR AND A PUMPING STATION, WAS COMPLETED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.
PART TWO, ESTIMATED TO COST 148 MILLION, WAS PUT IN HAND IN 1976, HE ADDED,
AS A RESULT. THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING PLANT WAS INCREASED TO 45,500 CUBIC METRES PER DAY AND WITH THE COMPLETION OF THIS NEW EXTENSION THE DAILY CAPACITY WAS AGAIN DOUBLED.
MR. TOMLINSON SAID THAT THE REMAINING WORKS UNDER THE FIRST STAGE INCLUDED EXTENSIONS TO PUMPING FACILITIES, THE LAYING OF ADDITIONAL FRESH WATER MAINS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW SERVICE RESERVOIRS IN TUEN MUN.
+THESE WORKS AND THE SALT WATER INSTALLATIONS REQUIRED FOR FLUSHING PURPOSES ARE IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION, AND WILL BE BROUGHT INTO USE IN STAGES AS THEY ARE COMPLETED, HE SAID.
WR. TOMLINSON POINTED OUT THAT FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES TO TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG AND ADJACENT AREAS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GROWTH OF DEVELOPMENT.
DESIGNS WERE ALREADY IN HAND TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THESE WORKS TO 182,000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY BY THE END OF 1981, HE ADDED.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE MR. LAU WONG-FAT CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM TUEN MUN DISTRICT.
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