SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1978
ABERDEEN SEWAGE PLANT IN OPERATION NEXT MONTH
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THE ABERDEEN SEWAGE SCREENING PLANT, WHICH FORMS PART OF A MAJOR SEWAGE SCHEME FOR ABERDEEN, WILL COME INTO OPERATION NEXT MONTH.
THE $4.2 MILLION PLANT INCLUDES AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, A CONTROL ROOM, A SCREW PUMP CHAMBER, SCREEN CHANNELS AND CIRCULAR GRIT TANKS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE SAID: +WHEN THE PLANT BEGINS OPERATION, SEWAGE IN ABERDEEN WILL BE ADEQUATELY TREATED BEFORE IT IS DISCHARGED THROUGH A SUBMARINE OUTFALL INTO THE SEA FOR DILUTION AND DISPERSION.
THE ABERDEEN PLANT IS ONE OF THREE SEWAGE SCREENING AND TREATMENT PLANTS BEING BUILT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND TO COPE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
THE OTHER TWO ARE THE AP LEI CHAU SEWAGE SCREENING PLANT STAGE ❘ AND THE DEEP WATER BAY-REPULSE BAY SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL WORKS.
ABOUT HALF OF THE WORK ON THE MAIN SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE AP LEI CHAU STAGE I PLANT, INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND STAFF QUARTERS, HAS SO FAR BEEN COMPLETED AND WORK RELATING TO THE MACHINERY CONTRACT WILL BEGIN SHORTLY.
THE MACHINERY CONTRACT WILL CONSIST OF THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF 11 PENSTOCKS, A COARSE SCREEN, A GRIT REMOVAL SYSTEM, A FINE SCREEN AND A FLOW MEASUREMENT DEVICE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ON COMPLETION, SEWAGE FROM AP LEI CHAU PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE PHASE I, NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING 19,000 PEOPLE, WILL BE TREATED THROUGH THE MECHANICAL COARSE AND FINE SCREENS AND GRIT REMOVAL DEVICE BEFORE IT IS DISCHARGED VIA THE SUBMARINE OUTFALL INTO DEEPER WATER FOR ADEQUATE DILUTION AND SATISFACTORY DISPERSION.
MEANWHILE, WORK ON THE SUBMARINE OUTFALL AT THE DEEP WATER BAY-REPULSE BAY SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL WORKS IS NEARING COMPLETION WHILE WORK ON THE SEWERS ALONG THE FORESHORE, THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND CONTROL ROOM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
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