SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1979
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SECOND STAGE OF EAST RIVER WATER SUPPLY SCHEME
PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE *****
WORK ON THE SECOND STAGE OF THE EAST RIVER WATER SUPPLY SCHEME TO CATER FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES FROM CHINA, IS PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE.
+CONSTRUCTION OF AN ENLARGED BALANCE TANK IS ABOUT 70 PER CENT OVER AND THE NEW FOUR-PUMP STATION STRUCTURE IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, + A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE $12.7 MILLION PROJECT BEGAN IN FEBRUARY 1978 AND IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL BEFORE OCTOBER THIS YEAR. OTHER OUTSTANDING WORK, SUCH AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH NEXT YEAR.
WATER FROM CHINA IS DELIVERED FROM THE SHUM CHUN RESERVOIR THROUGH TWO PIPES ACROSS SHUM CHUN RIVER TO THE MUK WỤ BALANCE TANK. FROM THERE, THREE PIPES LEAD THE WATER TO MUK WU PUMPING STATION.
AT PRESENT THERE ARE FOUR VERTICAL PUMPS IN THE STATION. THE NEW STATION, WHERE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT IS BEING INSTALLED, WILL ADD ANOTHER FOUR PUMPS.
THE LAYING OF A 1,620-MM DIAMETER PIPELINE BETWEEN MUK WU PUMPING STATION AND THE RIVER INDUS PUMPING STATION AT LO WU, ALSO A PART OF THE SECOND STAGE SCHEME, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS AUGUST. THIS WORK, INCLUDING STORES, IS ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $12 MILLION.
WORK ON ANOTHER $82.8 MILLION CONTRACT CONNECTED WITH THE EAST RIVER WATER SUPPLY SCHEME IS ALSO ABOUT TO START.
SITES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR CONSTRUCTING PIPELINES AND TUNNELS TO TRANSPORT THE ADDITIONAL WATER FROM THE INDUS PUMPING STATION TO PLOVER COVE.
THE JOB INVOLVES
* 2,040 METRES OF STEEL PIPELINE, 2,020 MM IN DIAMETER, FROM THE RIVER INDUS STATION TO TOP HILL IN WA SHAN.
* 2,377 METRES OF STEEL PIPELINE, OF THE SAME
DIAMETER, FROM LAMB HILL EAST TO MA MEI HA.
* A NEW UNLINED TUNNEL FROM TOP HILL TO LAMB
HILL, 2,073 METRES LONG AND WITH A DIAMETER OF 3.3 METRES.
* A NEW UNLINED TUNNEL FROM MA MEI HA TO NAM
CHUNG, 3,227 METRES LONG WITH A DIAMETER OF 3.6 MÉTRÉS.
UNDER THE CONTRACT THE EXISTING UNLINED TUNNEL FROM NAM CHUNG TO CHUNG MEI WILL BE ENLARGED AND A NEW INTAKE STRUCTURE AND A 52-METRE LONG SUBSIDIARY TUNNEL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
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