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Continuous enforcement of the Water Pollution Control Ordinance in all declared Water Control Zones throughout the period.
Enactment of the Water Pollution Control (Sewerage) Regulations to provide the Government with the power to require property owners to make connections to new
sewers.
Continuous enforcement of the Waste Disposal (Chemical Waste) Regulations to ensure all toxic chemical wastes are properly disposed of.
Implementation of the livestock waste control scheme which by early 1996 had reduced the pollution load from this source directly discharged into rivers by an amount equivalent to the pollution generated by some 1.67 million people.
The carrying out of Sewerage Master Plan (SMP) studies to draw up short, medium and long-term plans for new and rehabilitated sewerage; in the New Territories much of the emphasis of these plans is on providing sewerage connections to currently unsewered villages thus removing for treatment sewage which would otherwise pollute nearby watercourses.
Drainage Services Department:
Under the stream course clearance programme, desilted some 65 km of major rivers at a total expenditure of about $30 million. Clearance of silt and other debris accumulated in river channels has helped to improve the river water quality indirectly.
Territory Development Department:
At Tin Shui Wai New Town, a low flow and amenity water system was installed to divert the polluted low flows from the Tin Shui Wai Western Drainage Channel and to fill the permanent section upstream of the inflatable dam with stream water which has been screened and aerated to remove offensive elements.