MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1981
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CAMPAIGN ON WELL WATER HYGIENE
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VILLAGERS LIVING IN REMOTE AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE ADVISED TO BOIL WATER FROM WELLS AND STREAMS BEFORE DRINKING IT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID WELL AND STREAM WATER MIGHT CONTAIN BACTERIA HARMFUL TO HEALTH.
+CARELESS DUMPING OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE AND RUBBISH AND POOR SANITATION IN THE SURROUNDING AREA OF THE WELL ARE THE MAIN CAUSES OF POLLUTION TO WELL WATER, + HE SAID.
DEFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION WORK OF THE WELL AND THE LACK OF COVER TO THE WELL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTAMINATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE NTSD 13 NOW MOUNTING AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF WATER HYGIENE THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES,
HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE VISITING VILLAGERS TO ADVISE THEM NOT TO DRINK WATER OTHER THAN MAINS WATER WHERE STANDPIPES ARE AVAILABLE.
COPIES OF INFORMATION LEAFLETS ON THE SAFE USE OF WELL WATER ARE ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO THE VILLAGERS DURING THE VISIT.
MEANWHILE, STAFF OF THE NTSD ARE ALSO CARRYING OUT CONSTANT CHLORINATION TO ALL WELLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
WOODEN BOARDS WITH NOTICES WARNING AGAINST THE DRINKING OF WELL WATER ARE ALSO BEING PUT UP IN THE VICINITY OF MORE THAN 400 WELLS.