SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1978
WATER SUPPLY PROJECT PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY
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WORK ON THE SECOND STAGE OF THE EAST RIVER WATER SUPPLY SCHEME IS RACING AHEAD TO CATER FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF WATER FROM CHINA.
THE $12.7 MILLION CIVIL WORK PROJECT IS PROGRESSING RAPIDLY WITH PIPES BEING LAID, PILING FOR AN ENLARGED BALANCE TANK IN PLACE, AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF A NEW FOUR-PUMP STATION NEARING COMPLETION.
WORK BEGAN IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR AND THE COMPLETION DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE END OF SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
WATER FROM CHINA IS DELIVERED FROM THE SHAM CHUN RESERVOIR, THROUGH TWO PIPES ACROSS THE SHAM CHUN RIVER TO THE MUK WU BALANCE TANK.
FROM THERE THREE PIPELINES TAKE THE WATER THROUGH THE MUX WU PUMPING STATION.
AT PRESENT THERE ARE FOUR VERTICAL PUMPS IN THE STATION, BUT THE NEW STATION WILL ADD ANOTHER FOUR PUMPS.
THE PILES FOR THE NEW TANK, SAID A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN, WERE +CAST IN-SITU+ IN THAT THEY WERE CAST IN PLACE, TO THE DESIRED LEVEL, AND THEN THE OUTSIDE STEEL SLEEVE REMOVED.
A 1,620 MM DIAMETER PIPELINE BETWEEN MUK WU PUMPING STATION AND RIVER INDUS PUMPING STATION AT LO WU IS ALSO PART OF STAGE II OF THE SCHEME.
A CONTRACT WAS RECENTLY AWARDED FOR THE LAYING OF THIS PIPELINE, AND WORK STARTED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER 1979.
THE WORK, INCLUDING STORES, IS ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $12 MILLION,
THE MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT IS THE INVITING OF TENDERS BY THE P.W.D. FOR THE MAJOR WORK ON THE SECOND STAGE OF THE EAST RIVER SUPPLY SYSTEM. THIS INCLUDES PIPELINE AND TUNNELS FROM RIVER INDUS PUMPING STATION TO PLOVER COVE.
THE WORK INVOLVES THE LAYING OF A 2,020 MM TRUNK MAIN ABOUT 4,320 METRES LONG IN TWO SECTIONS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW TUNNELS, AND THE ENLARGEMENT OF A SECTION OF EXISTING PLOVER COVE TUNNEL.
THE P.W.D. SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS EXPECTED THE WORK WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY AND TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
A 1.370 MM PIPELINE WAS LAID FROM THE SHAM CHUN RIVER TO MUK WU PUMPING STATION IN 1976 AS FIRST STAGE WORK FOR THE EAST RIVER WATER SUPPLY SCHEME.
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