MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1984
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MAINS LAYING TO IMPROVE WATER SUPPLY
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR TWO MAINS LAYING CONTRACTS TO IMPROVE SUPPLIES TO A NUMBER OF AREAS.
THE FIRST CONTRACT INVOLVES THE LAYING OF ABOUT 2 400 METRES OF 900-MILLIMETRE DIAMETER MILD STEEL FRESH WATER TRUNK MAIN IN VICTORIA ROAD, WESTERN.
THIS FORMS PART OF A PROJECT TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM TO POKFULAM, ABERDEEN, AP LEI CHAU AND LAMMA ISLAND.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR AND BE COMPLETED IN 16 MONTHS.
IN THE SECOND CONTRACT, ABOUT 800 METRES OF 1 000-MILLIMETRE DIAMETER FRESH WATER AND 700-MILLIMETRE DIAMETER FLUSHING WATER MAINS ARE TO BE LAID IN KAM SHAN ROAD IN TAI PO.
THE MAINS PARTLY OF DUCTILE IRON AND PARTLY OF MILD STEEL CONSTRUCTION, FORM PART OF THE PROJECT TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF EXISTING FRESH WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND TO IMPLEMENT A NEW FLUSHING WATER SYSTEM TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE EXPANDING NEW TOWN.
WORK ON THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH AND TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.
WATER FIGURES ****
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 75.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 444.673 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 546.091 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 93.2 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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