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RAIN BANDS HAD BEGUN TO AFFECT HONG KONG LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THUNDERY DOWNPOURS PERSISTED INTO THE EVENING.
OF FAR
HEAVIER
RAINFALL
THE OBSERVATORY ALSO SAID A READING GIVEN IN A BULLETIN LATE LAST NIGHT WAS INCORRECT.
FAULTS
HAD OCCURRED IN REMOTE
DURING THE THUNDERSTORMS, RECORDING RAINGUAGES, GIVING RISE TO ERRONEOUS READINGS.
GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY
(THURSDAY) WATER QUALITY OF ALL
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (BPD) TODAY ANNOUNCED THE LATEST GRADES ON THE BACTERIAL BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG.
TO INFORM SWIMMERS AND THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS
AT VARIOUS THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIAL POLLUTION BEACHES.
THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE E. COLI DATA OBTAINED IN ITS ROUTINE BEACH WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMME.
ARE GRADING
BASED
BY THE EPD
THE ON
MEDIAN OVER A TWO AND A
THE E. COLI DATA USED FOR VALUES OF THE MOST RECENT FIVE RESULTS, OBTAINED HALF MONTH PERIOD ACCORDING TO THE USUAL SAMPLING FREQUENCY.
THIS REPRESENTS
BEACHES
THE GRADES FOR SOME BEACHES MAY FLUCTUATE. NATURAL FLUCTUATION IN THE BACTERIAL QUALITY OF THE CASES, AS RAIN AND TIDES BRING MORE OR LESS POLLUTION TO THE AREAS.
A
IN MOST SWIMMING
GENERAL PICTURE OF THE NEVERTHELESS, THE GRADES GIVE A GOOD
THE BEST AVAILABLE AND FORM OF BEACHES, FORECAST OF BEACH WATER QUALITY IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
BACTERIAL WATER QUALITY
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