THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 19.34
TWO PUMPING STATIONS TO BE BUILT AT PLOVER COVE
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TWO MAJOR PUMPING STATIONS ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR IN TAI PO AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S 12-YEAR PACKAGE OF PROJECTS FOR DISTRIBUTING FUTURE INCREASES IN WATER SUPPLY FORM CHINA.
THE $147-MILLION CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE
INSTALLATIONS, ONE AT TAI MEI TUK AND THE OTHER ON HARBOUR ISLAND, WAS SIGNED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GAMMON (HONG KONG) LIMITED/KIER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED JOINT VENTURE.
THE TAI MEI TUK +B+ PUMPING STATIONS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE RESERVOIR ABOUT 300 METRES OFFSHORE, WITH AN ACCESS BRIDGE WHICH WILL ALSO CARRY WATER DELIVERY MAINS TO THE SHORE.
IT WILL HAVE A DAILY CAPACITY OF 850 000 CUBIC METRES 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 WATER INSIDE PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR NEAR TAI MEI TUK. CABLE LAYING ALONG THE RESERVOIR DAM CREST WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY.
THE SECOND PUMPING STATION WILL BE LOCATED 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 PUMPING STATION WILL BE LINKED BY AN 800- METRE-LONG INTAKE TUNNEL OF THREE METRES DIAMETER.
THE DAILY PUMPING CAPACITY OF THIS STATION WILL BE 682 000 CUPIC METRES INITIALLY AND WILL BE INCREASED TO 1.182 MILLION CUBIC METRES A DAY DURING THE FINAL STAGE.
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