SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1977
THE SEWAGE PLANT WILL BE BUILT JUST NORTH OF THE NEW RACECOURSE AT SHA TIN NEW TOWN ON 17 HECTARES OF RECLAIMED LAND.
THE STAGE ONE CONSTRUCTION WHICH IS BEING PARTLY FINANCED BY A $95 MILLION LOAN FROM THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, WILL INVOLVE SETTLING AND AERATION TANKS AND AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING,
MR. WONG SAID THE PLANT'S CONSTRUCTION TIMETABLE HAD BEEN GEARED TO KEEP PACE WITH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF THE NEW TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT, AND IN FACT IT WOULD BE RACING AHEAD OF INITIAL POPULATION INCREASE.
+BY THE TIME IT'S COMMISSIONED IN 1980 THE POPULATION OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN SHOULD BE STANDING AT AROUND 150,000 WHILE THE SEWAGE WORKS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SERVING SOME 230,000 PEOPLE.+
HE SAID THE P.W.D. ENGINEERS WOULD PROCEED WITH THE SECOND STAGE EXPANSION AS THE POPULATION BEGAN MOVING TOWARD ITS OPTIMUM OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.
A FEATURE OF THE NEW PLANT WILL BE ITS ABILITY TO PARTLY SELF-PERPETUATE ITS OWN OPERATING POWER. METHANE GAS, A BY-PRODUCT OF SEWAGE TREATMENT, WILL BE FED BACK INTO THE SYSTEM TO HELP DRIVE THE PLANT'S ELECTRICAL GENERATORS.
THE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY WILL LINK UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM COVERING THE ENTIRE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT, AND IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT NO SEWAGE IN AN UNTREATED FORM WILL BE DISCHARGED INTO TOLO HARBOUR, LONG RECOGNISED AS ONE OF HONG KONG'S MOST ATTRACTIVE WATERWAYS.
MR. WONG SAID THE COLLECTION SYSTEM WAS BEING BUILT TO COPE WITH THE WHOLE OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN EVEN THOUGH THIS CAPACITY WOULD NOT BE FULLY UTILISED UNTIL THE NEW TOWN WAS COMPLETED.
THE TREATMENT WORKS WOULD BE ABLE TO TREAT MORE THAN 102,000 CUBIC METRES OF RAW SEWAGE PER DAY, HE SAID.
+THE MAXIMUM SEWAGE FLOW TO THE PLANT FOR FULL TREATMENT WILL BE 3.6 CUBIC METRES PER SECOND - A TREMENDOUS INCREASE
IN TREATMENT CAPACITY OVER OUR EXISTING PLANTS.+
AT PRESENT, SEWAGE AT SHA TIN IS BEING TREATED BY A TEMPORARY PLANT AT FO TAN WHICH HAS A TREATMENT CAPACITY FOR ONLY ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE.
AN INTERIM TREATMENT PLANT IS BEING BUILT NEXT TO IT BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THIS WILL TRIPLE THE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES AT SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND ENSURE THAT TOLO HARBOUR IS NOT POLLUTED BEFORE THE LARGE PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS COMES ON STREAM,
/+ THE INTELZIM
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