SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1988
MARINE WATER QUALITY REPORT ON SALE
WATER MARINE
QUALITY IN HONG (EPD) WATER
A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE KONG, PUBLISHED BY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT'S POLICY GROUP, IS AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
COMPILED
QUALITY AND
OF WATERS
THE
THE 89-PAGE "MARINE WATER QUALITY IN HONG KONG 1988" IN ENGLISH, GIVES A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATE OF WATER MARINE
CHARACTERISTICS SEDIMENT TERRITORY.
COASTAL
IN THE
REPORT SUMMARISED
THE RESULTS
AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID THE THE DEPARTMENT'S MARINE WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMME IN 1987.
100
MONITORING
OF
STATIONS
THE PROGRAMME COVERS LOCATED AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF HONG KONG.
OF
QUALITY WATER
MONITORING SEDIMENT
STATIONS HAS BREN
ALSO, THE NUMBER SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED FROM 19 IN 1986 TO 53. IN 1987.
STATIONS,
A WIDE AT EACH OF THE MONITORING PHYSICOCHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS MEASURED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF ESSENTIAL ON MARINE WATER QUALITY AND MARINE SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS.
WATERS
OF RANGE HAVE BEEN INFORMATION
IN THE MORE OPEN ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE WATER QUALITY MARINE WATERS INCLUDING THE EASTERN WATERS IN MIRS BAY AND OUTER PORT WAS STILL SHELTER, THE NORTH WESTERN WATERS AND THE SOUTHERN
IN THESE AREAS WATER MOVEMENT
AND GOOD DURING 1987 DUE TO FASTER SMALL AMOUNT OF POLLUTION LOADS DISCHARGING INTO THEM.
HOWEVER, THE WATER QUALITY IN VICTORIA HARBOUR PARTS OF SEMI-ENCLOSED EMBAYMENT SUCH AS TOLO HARBOUR, HEBE HAVEN, JUNK BAY AND DEEP BAY WAS UNSATISFACTORY.
AND THE INNER PORT SHELTER,
VICTORIA HARBOUR AND OXYGEN
THE POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN TOLO HARBOUR, DEEP BAY HAVE BEEN EXEMPLIFIED IN THE FORM OF SEVERE DISSOLVED DEPLETION AND ALGAL BLOOMS IN THE FORM OF RED TIDES.
IDENTIFIED IN MICRO-POLLUTANTS
FURTHERMORE, INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION HAS ALSO BEEN THESE AREAS AS INDICATED BY THE HIGH CONTENTS OF THE SEDIMENTS.
POLLUTION IN
IN
OF
THERE WAS
AN INCREASING TREND IT IS ALSO WORRYING THAT
THE RELATIVELY UNPOLLUTED FURTHERMORE, THESE AREAS.
CONTENTS WITH A HIGH HIGH NUTRIENT WATERS APPEAR TO HAVE EUTROPHIC POTENTIAL INDICATING IMMINENT WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS, SPOKESMAN SAID.
FAIRLY
THE
/THE LOADING