WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1983
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WATER SUPPLY SCHEME FOR LAMMA ISLAND COMPLETED
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THE COMPLETION OF THE $47-MILLION LAMMA ISLAND WATER SUPPLY SCHEME WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR TOMLINSON WAS SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE SCHEME WHICH TOOK TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.
THE PROJECT COMPRISES TWO SUBMARINE MAINS, ONE MEASURING 3.8 KILOMETRES FROM SANDY BAY AND THE OTHER 2.1 KILOMETRES FROM WAH FU.
WATER IS DRAWN FROM THE MOUNT DAVIS SERVICE RESERVOIR SUPPLY SYSTEM VIA THE TWO SUBMARINE MAINS TO A 6 000-CUBIC-METRE SERVICE RESERVOIR NEAR YUNG SHUE WAN AND A 250-CUBIC-METRE SECONDARY SERVICE RESERVOIR NEAR SO KWU WAN ON LAMMA ISLAND.
MR TOMLINSON SAID, WATER IS THEN DISTRIBUTED THROUGH A NETWORK OF DISTRIBUTION MAINS TOTALLING ABOUT 7.8 KILOMETRES AND RANGING FROM 100 MILLIMETRES TO 400 MILLIMETRES IN DIAMETER TO PROVIDE FILTERED SUPPLY TO 15 OF THE 19 VILLAGES ON THE ISLAND.+
HE SAID THAT AT THE PRESENT STAGE, SUPPLY COULD NOT BE EXTENDED TO THE REMAINING FOUR VILLAGES DUE TO THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND TECHNICAL RESTRAINTS ON THE SYSTEM.
+HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE WITH INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING WATER TO THOSE VILLAGES AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE THE PROBLEM WILL BE RESOLVED,+ HE ADDED.
MR TOMLINSON SAID THAT IN RECENT YEARS GREAT STEPS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO EXTEND FILTERED WATER SUPPLIES TO VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND METERED SUPPLIES TO SQUATTERS IN URBAN AREAS.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE ADDED, MAJOR PROJECTS WERE BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE BORDER AREA AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR THE RECEPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INCREASING QUANTITIES OF WATER FROM CHINA.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THESE PROJECTS WERE WELL UNDER WAY AND OTHERS WOULD FOLLOW SOON. THEY INCLUDE PUMPING STATIONS, TREATMENT WORKS, PIPELINES AND TUNNELS.
MR TOMLINSON EXPRESSED GRATITUDE TO RESIDENTS ON THE ISLAND WHO HAD CO-OPERATED WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND SITE STAFF DESPITE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
HE EXPLAINED THAT SITE CONDITIONS FOR LAYING MAINS WERE DIFFICULT AND PIPE ALIGNMENTS HAD IN MANY CASES TO BE TRACED ALONG NARROW FOOTPATHS AND THROUGH AGRICULTURAL LOTS.
TURNING TO THE PRESENT WATER STORAGE LEVEL. MR TOMLINSON SAID THAT HE WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE SUPPLY SITUATION WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS MOST FAVOURABLE.
HE SAID,