WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1990
AN ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDY
THE
AND
ADVERSE IMPACT
OF
WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN TO ASSESS ROAD EFFECTS OF THE
ON EXISTING AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS, MEASURES WOULD BE TAKEN TO MINIMISE THE POTENTIAL THIS MAJOR HIGHWAY, HE ADDED.
STAGE
WOULD
COMMENCE IN MID-1991,
AND
THE DETAILED DESIGN CONSTRUCTION WOULD START IN LATE-1993.
THE COST FOR THE CONSULTANCY INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT $15 MILLION.
OF THE EXPRESSWAY
STUDY ON INTEGRATED SLUDGE DISPOSAL STRATEGY
*
COMMISSIONED FOR THE HONG KONG'S
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS
INTEGRATED STRATEGY DEVELOP AN
OF OPERATION
A CONSULTANCY STUDY TO
THE
DISPOSAL OF SLUDGES GENERATED FROM SEWAGE, WATER AND LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES.
IN ARISINGS
HONG KONG, AND QUANTITY
NATURE. KONG AND OVERSEAS
THE STUDY WILL ASSESS CURRENT SLUDGE AND PREDICT FUTURE SLUDGE ARISINGS IN TERMS OF CURRENT SLUDGE DISPOSAL ARRANGEMENTS IN BOTH HONG WILL BE REVIEWED.
IT WILL DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY FOR THE DISPOSAL OF
GENERATED
HONG
PROGRAMME IN
KONG AND A PRIORITISED IMPLEMENTATION WILL ALSO BE PREPARED.
SLUDGES
ALL OF
FOR SLUDGE то AT FACILITIES
PROPOSED
EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN TO DISPOSAL ARRANGEMENT BE GENERATED FROM THE MAJOR SEWAGE TREATMENT STONECUTTERS ISLAND CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL SCHEME.
AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID THE INCREASING POPULATION AND
PLANNING AND ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG HAS NECESSITATED THE OF MORE AND LARGER SEWAGE AND WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES THE TERRITORY.
INDUSTRIAL PROVISION THROUGHOUT
AND TO PREVENT AND NEARSHORE
FROM THESE FACILITIES THE QUANTITY OF SLUDGE TO BE GENERATED WILL FAR EXCEED THE CAPABILITY OF EXISTING DISPOSAL ARRANGEMENTS, NEW TREATMENT/DISPOSAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED SEVERE POLLUTION PROBLEMS TO BOTH INLAND WATER COURSES MARINE WATERS.
PHASE, AT
MONTHS.
A
THE STUDY WILL COMPRISE OF TWO PHASES. THE FIRST COST OF
IN MILLION,
BE
EIGHT WILL $3.3
COMPLETED RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE FIRST PHASE ON PILOT TESTING OF NOVEL TECHNOLOGY WILL THEN BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE SECOND PHASE.
STUDY WAS
POTENTIAL
SIGNED
FOR THE CONSULTANCY THE AGREEMENT (WEDNESDAY) BETWEEN EPD'S ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (WASTE AND OF WATSON HAWKSLEY POLICY), MR JOHN ROCKEY, AND THE DIRECTOR KONG) LTD, MR M.A. OSWELL.
TODAY
WATER
(HONG
0
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