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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1993
IN VIEW OF THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH STORAGE AND CHLORINE, VERY STRINGENT MEASURES AGAINST POSSIBLE LEAKAGE IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE OPERATIONAL SAFETY AT ALL TIMES,
·
HANDLING OF
HAVE BEEN
HE SAID.
THE
THE NEW CHLORINATION HOUSE WAS DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
HAZARD ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF A
STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT EARLIER ON TREATMENT WORKS.
ITS MAIN FEATURE INCLUDES A CONTAIN-AND-ABSORB SYSTEM WHICH
THROUGH ITS WILL NEUTRALISE
CHLORINE SCRUBBING PLANT THE LEAKED
THE CHLORINATION HOUSE CHLORINE WITH SODIUM HYDROXIDE WITHIN THE CHLORINE CONTENT DROPS TO A SAFE LEVEL.
UNTIL
LEAK DETECTORS AT
CHLORINE THE PLANT IS ALSO INSTALLED WITH STRATEGIC LOCATIONS, WITH ALL ACCESS DOORS SELF-CLOSING AND GAS-SEALED,
THE
THE PREVIOUS BULK TANKS FOR CHLORINE STORAGE, REPLACED BY ONE-TONNE STEEL DRUMS, HAVE BEEN
COMMISSIONING
OF THE NEW INSTALLATION.
ABANDONED
SINCE
THE SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS, WITH A TREATMENT CAPACITY OF 1,227,000 CUBIC METRES A DAY, IS THE LARGEST ONE IN HONG KONG.
CENT OF POTABLE CONTRIBUTES TO ABOUT 50 PER TERRITORY, THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE SUFFICIENT ALL TIMES FOR TREATMENT PURPOSE.
AS IT WATER SUPPLY IN THE
OF STOCK
CHLORINE AT
LIMIT
OF
"THE CURRENT PRACTICE IN HONG KONG REGARDING THE
STORAGE CHLORINE
IS FAR MORE STRINGENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET BY THE COMMISSION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.
"ANY INSTALLATION HAVING A CHLORINE STOCK OF 10 TONNES OR MORE
WILL IS CLASSIFIED AS A POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS INSTALLATION AND
UNDERGO
A THOROUGH HAZARD STUDY,
BY
THE
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HU
'RECOMMENDED SAFETY MEASURES WILL BE ADOPTED TO ENSURE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE RISK GUIDELINES SET
MR GOVERNMENT,
SAID.
ON OTHER SAFETY MEASURES, MR HU SAID
WELL TRAINED AND TREATMENT WORKS WERE ALL HANDLING OF CHLORINE AND EMERGENCY SITUATION.
STAFF MEMBERS OF THE
IN EQUIPPED
THE DAILY
HE
FURTHERMORE, A DIRECT ALARM LINK HLAS BEEN CONNECTED ΤΟ THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL CENTRE FOR THEIR PROMPT ACTION, ADDED.
BRIEFED MEMBERS OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD WERE
EARLIER TODAY, FOLLOWED NEW INSTALLATION
BY A
ΤΟ TOUR THEMSELVES THE OPERATION OF THE TREATMENT WORKS.
ABOUT
THE
SEE
FOR
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