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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1988
MEASURES TO MINIMISE LANDFILL IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT
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ENVIRONMENTAL
NEW
IMPACT CAUSED TERRITORIES, TOLD THE
MEASURES ARE AT HAND TO MINIMISE BY THE REGIONAL LANDFILL TO BE SET UP IN THE WEST THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
WASTE
IN
NEW
LAU IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON
WONG-FAT, KONG'S CHAMBERS EXPLAINED THAT HONG
LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR
THREE REGIONAL LANDFILLS DISPOSAL INCLUDED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WEST {WENT), NORTHEAST (NENT) AND SOUTHEAST (SENT) TERRITORIES.
LANDFILLS WOULD
THE THREE
BE AMONG THE LARGEST AND MOST TECHNICALLY ADVANCED OF THEIR KIND IN THE WORLD.
"IN COMMON WITH ALL MAJOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, PRELIMINARY AND NENT BEFORE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS WERE CARRIED OUT ON BOTH WENT ANY COMMITMENT WAS MADE TO DETAILED FEASIBILITY STUDIES, SAID.
" MR CHAMBERS
ASSESSMENTS WERE WHICH MEET
"SUBSEQUENTLY, RIGOROUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT UNDERTAKEN TO DEFINE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION STRATEGIES ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA.'
THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OF LANDFILL PROJECTS WERE OF CONTAINMENT, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF LEACHATES, THE CONTROL EMISSIONS AND NOISE NUISANCE.
THE
GAS
WILL
BE LAYERS
"A WELL ENGINEERED LEACHATE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM PROVIDED AT WENT, COMPRISING AN IMPERMEABLE LINER AND DRAINAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LINER, MR CHAMBERS SAID.
"
"THIS SYSTEM WILL PREVENT LEACHATE FROM SEEPING THE GROUNDWATER AND INTO DEEP BAY.
THIROUGH
ΤΟ
"THE LEACHATE THUS COLLECTED WILL EVENTUALLY BE PUMPED
OUTFALL FOR NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES SUBMARINE URMSTON ROAD."
ΤΟ THE DISPOSAL INTO
THE
BEFORE THIS
PROJECT WAS COMMISSIONED, LEACHATE WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE WORKS FOR DISPOSAL.
MR CHAMBERS PILLAR POINT SEWAGE
SAID
THE
TREATMENT
TURNING TO ODOUR PROBLEMS
AND
LANDFILL GAS
HAZARD OF GAS
COLLECTION
MIGRATION,
MR
WELLS
WOULD BE
CHAMBERS SAID A SERIES OF PROVIDED TO PUMP GAS, INITIALLY FOR FLARING AND LATER FOR UTILISATION.
"IN ADDITION, THE DAILY COVERING OF REFUSE AND THE FILLING-IN
POTENTIAL NUISANCE FROM DUST
OF CONTAINED CELLS WILL, MINIMISE
+
VERMIN, HE SAID.
AND
"WHEEL WASHING