XN000022-1975-10-17 — Page 6

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1975

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CAPACITY OF TUEN MUN TREATMENT WORKS TO BE DOUBLED

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THE CAPAICTY OF THE TUEN MUN TREATMENT WORKS IS TO BE DOUBLED TO 20 MILLION GALLONS TO COPE WITH THE EXPECTED GROWTH IN DEMAND FOR FRESH WATER GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AND YUEN LONG.

TENDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE TREATMENT PLANT AT FU TEI, NEW TERRITORIES, ARE INVITED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE. CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN DECEMBER AND SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

THE EXTENSION,, CONSISTING OF ONE CLARIFIER, TWO GROUPS OF RAPID GRAVITY SAND FILTERS AND CLEAR WATER STORAGE TANK, WILL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 10 MILLION GALLONS.

A WATERWORKS SPOKESMAN SAID THE EXTENSION WOULD ENABLE THE TUEN MUN TREATMENT PLANT TO PRODUCE 20 MILLION GALLONS OF FULLY TREATED WATER PER DAY TO MEET THE ANTICIPATED DEMAND GROWTH GENERATED BY THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN STAGE 1B DEVELOPMENT AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT DURING THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

AT PRESENT, YUEN LONG HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 140,000 AND THE POPULATION OF TUEN MUN DEVELOPMENT (STAGE 1B) IS EXPECTED TO REACH 60,000 BY 1978/79.

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