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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1990
INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE OF AS WITH LAST YEAR, THE GRADING ALSO THE RISK OF SUFFERING SOME MINOR SKIN OR GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLAINTS AS A RESULT OF SWIMMING AT A BEACH WHICH HAS SOME DEGREE OF POLLUTION. THE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON A VERY LARGE BODY OF STATISTICAL GATHERED IN HONG KONG IN RECENT BATHING SEASONS.
INFORMATION
THE SUMMER. THIS THE GRADING OF SOME BEACHES MAY VARY DURING
OF BATHING REPRESENTS A NATURAL FLUCTUATION IN THE BACTERIAL QUALITY
LESS POLLUTION WATERS IN MOST CASES, AS RAIN AND TIDES BRING MORE OR TO THE BEACHES.
HOWEVER,
THE
A GIVE GRADES
GOOD
OF THE
PICTURE GENERAL
OF REPORTING AND FORM WATER QUALITY AT BATHING BEACHES AT THE TIME THE BEST AVAILABLE FORECAST FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
THE SYSTEM FOR GRADING BEACH WATER QUALITY IS AS FOLLOWS: GRADE 1" INDICATES THAT THE WATER QUALITY IS GOOD. THE B. COLI COUNT IS NO MORE THAN 24 PER 100 MILLILITRES AT EACH GRADED, AND THE EXPECTED RISK OF MINOR ILLNESS TO UNDETECTABLE.
"
BEACH SO SWIMMERS IS
GRADE '2" INDICATES THAT THE WATER QUALITY IS FAIR. THE E. COLI 80 COUNT IS NO MORE THAN 180 PER 100 MILLILITRES AT EACH BEACH GRADED, AND THE EXPECTED HEALTH RISK IS NO MORE THAN OF MINOR ILLNESS PER 1,000 SWIMMERS.
10 CASES
ACCEPTABLE.
THE EACH MORE THAN
GRADE "3" INDICATES THAT THE WATER QUALITY IS
MILLILITRES AT E.COLI COUNT IS NO MORE THAN 610 PER 100 BEACH SO GRADED, AND THE EXPECTED HEALTH RISK IS NO 15 CASES OF MINOR ILLNESS PER 1,000 SWIMMERS.
GRADE 4" INDICATES THAT THE WATER QUALITY IS POOR. THE E. COLI AT EACH BEACH SO COUNT IS MORE THAN 610 PER 100 MILLILITRES
CASES OF GRADED, AND THE EXPECTED HEALTH RISK IS MORE THAN 15 MINOR ILLNESS PER 1,000 SWIMMERS.
SWIMMERS IS
ACCEPTABLE.
ΤΟ BEACH
IS POLLUTION
THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO CLOSE A
OF WHAT DEGREE OF BASED ON A JUDGEMENT
OVER
BE CONSIDERED BY
15 EXCEEDED CLOSED BEACH
NORMALLY, THE CLOSURE OF A BEACH WOULD ONLY THE URBAN OR REGIONAL COUNCIL IF A "4" GRADING OCCURRED REPEATEDLY, SO
BATHING SEASON THE THAT THE AVERAGE HEALTH RISK CASES PER 1,000 SWIMMERS. SIMILARLY, THE REOPENING OF A
BETTER WERE CONSISTENTLY GRADE OR WOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED IF A "3" OBTAINED.
CASTLE PEAK AND OLD
AT PRESENT, TWO BATHING BEACHES, NAMELY CAFETERIA, HAVE BEEN DECLARED UNSUITABLE FOR SWIMMING PURPOSES, ON THE WATER QUALITY DURING PAST SEASONS.
BASED
AND FAIL TO ADVISED
ACHIEVE NOT ΤΟ
WASTES FAECAL BY ARE POLLUTED THEY CONSISTENTLY THE HONG KONG STANDARDS. THE PUBLIC ARE SWIM IN THE WATER AT THESE TWO BEACHES.
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