THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1991
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GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY
(THURSDAY)
ANNOUNCED GRADES ON THE BACTERIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY OF ALL BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG.
ΤΟ INFORM
ÅND SWIMMERS THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS
OF BACTERIOLOGICAL POLLUTION AT THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE VARIOUS BEACHES.
THE GRADING WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT BIWEEKLY INTERVALS DURING THỂ BEACH WATERS BATHING SEASON, TO COINCIDE WITH THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH ARE USUALLY SAMPLED.
THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT E. COLI BY THE EPD IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMME.
DATÅ OBTAINED
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 INFORMATION GATHERED IN HONG KONG IN RECENT BATHING SEASONS.
THE GRADING OF SOME BEACHES MAY VARY DURING THE SUMMER.
IN THE BACTERIOLOGICAL AS RAIN AND TIDES BRING
THIS REPRESENTS A NATURAL FLUCTUATION QUALITY OF BATHING WATERS IN MOST CASES, MORE OR LESS POLLUTION TO THE BEACHES.
HOWEVER, THE GRADES GIVE A GOOD GENERAL PICTURE QUALITY AT BATHING BEACHES AT THE TIME OF REPORTING AND FORM THE AVAILABLE FORECAST FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
OF THE WATER BEST
HINTERLANDS
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "BEACHES WITH HIGHLY DEVELOPED ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE POLLUTED THAN AFTER HEAVY RAIN.
THE GRADES SUGGEST DURING AND
"BATHERS
SHOULD AVOID SUCH BEACHES FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS AFTER IF THERE IS A STORM, LONGER IF THE WEATHER REMAINS OVERCAST OR LESS STRONG SUNSHINE."
THE SYSTEM FOR GRADING BEACH WATER QUALITY IS AS FOLLOWS: GRADE "1" INDICATES THAT THE WATER QUALITY IS GOOD. THE E. COLÍ COUNT IS NO MORE THAN 24 PER 100 MILLILITRES AT BACH GRADED, AND THE EXPECTED RISK OF MINOR ILLNESS TO UNDETECTABLE.
BEACH SO SWIMMERS 13
GRADE "2" INDICATES THAT THE WATER QUALITY IS FAIR. THE E. COLI COUNT IS NO MORE THAN 180 PER 100 MILLILITRES AT BACH BRACH GRADED, AND THE EXPECTED HEALTH RISK IS NO MORE THAN OF MINOR ILLNESS PER 1,000 SWIMMERS.
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10 CASES
/GRADE "3"
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