MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1993
CONTRACT FOR TRANSFERRING CHINA WATER AWARDED * * * * *
THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT FOR SAI O PUMPING STATION.
TODAY (MONDAY) AWARDED A $38 AND INSTALLATION
OF MECHANICAL
THE PUMPING STATION IS ONE OF THE MAJOR INSTALLATIONS ΤΟ BE CONSTRUCTED TO CATER FOR THE INCREASED QUANTITY OF WATER SUPPLIED FROM CHINA BEYOND 1994 ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA IN DECEMBER 1989.
UPON COMPLETION, THE STATION WILL SERVE TWO PURPOSES.
FIRSTLY, IT ALLOWS STRATEGIC TRANSFER OF WATER FROM PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR TO HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR AT AN INCREASED RATE SO AS ΤΟ PROVIDE ADEQUATE CAPACITY IN PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR FOR STORING CHINA WATER.
SECONDLY, IT HELPS TO INCREASE THE OUTPUT FROM PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR TO SHATIN TREATMENT WORKS DURING THE CHINA WATER SHUTDOWN PERIOD.
THE STATION WILL CONTAIN EIGHT PUMPS WITH A TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY OF 1,500 MILLION LITRES A DAY.
THE TWO-YEAR MECHANICAL CONTRACT INCLUDES THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF PUMPSETS AND THE ASSOCIATED MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.
THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR KO CHAN-GOCK AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF ASEA BROWN BOVERI LIMITED.
THE PROJECT CONSULTANT IS BINNIE CONSULTANTS LIMITED.
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 87.4 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 512.021 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 449.967 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 76.8 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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