SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1984
NEW PUMPING STATIONS AT PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FROM
PRE-QUAL IF IED CONTRACTORS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO MAJOR PUMPING STATIONS AT PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR IN TAI PO.
THESE INSTALLATIONS, ONE AT TAI MEI TUK AND THE OTHER ON HARBOUR ISLAND, ARE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PACKAGE OF PROJECTS DESIGNED TO MEET FUTURE INCREASES IN WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA.
THE TAI MEI TUK 'B' PUMPING STATION WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE RESERVOIR SOME 300 METRES OFF-SHORE, WITH AN ACCESS BRIDGE WHICH WILL ALSO CARRY WATER DELIVERY MAINS TO THE SHORE.
IT WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 0.85 MILLION CUBIC METRES A DAY AND WILL SUPPLEMENT THE EXISTING TAI MEI TUK 'A' PUMPING STATION TO PROVIDE A COMBINED DAILY OUTPUT OF 1.6 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
WATER WILL BE PUMPED FROM THESE TWO STATIONS THROUGH THE EXISTING SUPPLY TUNNEL TO TAI PO TAU TO SUPPLEMENT THE DELIVERY OF CHINESE WATER TO SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS AND TAI PO TAU TREATMENT WORKS.
DURING THE ANNUAL SHUTDOWN OF SUPPLY FROM CHINA, THE TWO PUMPING STATIONS WILL DELIVER WATER TO THESE TREATMENT WORKS AS WELL AS THOSE IN WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.
THE PRESENT CONTROL HOUSE WILL BE EXTENDED AND A NEW SUB-STATION AND SWITCH-GEAR HOUSE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE EXISTING COMPOUND.
MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT OVER THE
CABLE LAYING WATER INSIDE PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR NEAR TAI MEI TUK. ALONG THE PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR DAM CREST WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY.
THE HARBOUR ISLAND PUMPING STATION WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN CORNER OF HARBOUR ISLAND.
THE INTAKE TO THE PUMPING STATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A TOWER AND INTAKE SHAFT WHICH WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE RESERVOIR SOME 180 METRES OFF THE NORTHERN SHORE OF HARBOUR ISLAND.
THE INTAKE AND THE PUMP ING STATION WILL BE LINKED BY AN 800-METRE-LONG INTAKE TUNNEL OF THREE METRES IN DIAMETER.
THIS STATION'S DAILY PUMPING CAPACITY WILL BE 0.682 MILLION CUBIC METRES INITIALLY AND WILL BE INCREASED TO 1.182 MILLION CUBIC METRES A DAY IN THE FINAL STAGE.
IT WILL SUPPLY WATER THROUGH A NEW AQUEDUCT TO THE FUTURE PAK KONG TREATMENT WORKS TO AUGMENT THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE SAI KUNG PENINSULA, JUNK BAY, EAST KOWLOON AND NORTH-EAST HONG KONG ISLAND.
A SPOKESMAN