WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1976
HK TO GET MORE WATER FROM CHINA
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HONG KONG'S WATER SUPPLY FROM CHINA WILL BE INCREASED BY ALMOST ONE-THIRD IN THE YEAR BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1.
THE P.W.D.'S DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. BILL KNIGHT, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE LEVEL OF SUPPLY WOULD BE RAISED FROM THE PRESENT 18,500 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR TO 24,000 MILLION GALLONS.
THE INCREASE WAS AGREED ON AT RECENT TALKS BETWEEN MR. KNIGHT AND SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WATER AUTHORITIES OF KWANGTUNG PROVINCE.
MR. KNIGHT SAID THAT THE PRICE PAID BY HONG KONG FOR THE WATER FROM CHINA WOULD REMAIN AT THE PRESENT RATE OF ABOUT $1.30 PER THOUSAND GALLONS, AND DELIVERY WOULD BE MADE WITHIN A 10-MONTH PERIOD FROM OCTOBER TO JULY ALLOWING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER TO BE USED FOR NECESSARY MAINTENANCE WORK.
HE SAID THE PRESENT PIPELINE SYSTEM AND PUMPING FACILITIES AT MUK WU WERE DESIGNED TO COPE WITH A MAXIMUM OF 21,000 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR, COMPARED TO THE PROPOSED FLOW OF 24,000 MILLION GALLONS.
WORK WOULD THEREFORE BEGIN IMMEDIATELY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PIPELINES AND PUMPING FACILITIES TO BE READY TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED FLOW OF WATER IN OCTOBER.
MR. KNIGHT SAID THAT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, NECESSARY WORKS TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD INCLUDE A TEMPORARY EXTENSION TO MUK WU PUMPING STATION TO COPE WITH THE INITIAL INCREASE. AND A PIPELINE TO CONNECT WITH A SECOND PIPELINE ALREADY LAID BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES FROM SHUM CHUN RESERVOIR.
THESE WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO COST ABOUT $8 MILLION.
FURTHER WORK WOULD THEN BE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE :
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A PERMANENT PUMPING STATION AT MUK WU, EQUIPPED WITH NEW PUMPS=
ANOTHER DELIVERY LINE FROM MUK WU TO TAI PO TAU- AND,
AN ADDITIONAL BALANCE TANK AT MUK WU.
THE WORKS COULD COST AN ADDITIONAL $60 MILLION.
MR. KNIGHT SAID THAT THE NEW INCREASE IN SUPPLY FORMED
THE LATEST AMENDMENT TO THE WATER SUPPLY AGREEMENT OF 1964, WHICH PROVIDED FOR A SUPPLY OF 15,000 MILLION GALLONS,
THIS WAS RAISED TO 18,500 MILLION GALLONS BY AN EARLIER AMENDMENT WHICH CAME INTO FORCE IN 1972.
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