WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1978
TAI PO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT TO BE READY EY OCTOBER
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THE TAI PO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH WILL HELP IN PROTECTING TOLC HARBOUR FROM ENVIROMENTAL POLLUTION, IS EXPECTED TO BE READY BY OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
THE PLANT, BEING BUILT ON A THREE-HECTARE SITE, ON PART OF THE LAND ALREADY RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA, WILL MAINLY SERVE THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. BUT ALLOWANCE HAS BEEN MADE TO EXPAND IT LATER.
+THE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN JULY AND VARIOUS OTHER WORKS BY OCTOBER,+ SAID "R. CHAN YAS, P...D.'S CHIEF ENGINEER FOR DRAINAGE WORKS DIVISION.
+THE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS WILL INCORPORATE A PURIFICATION SYSTEM WHICH WILL PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN THE AREA,+ MR. CHAN ADDED.
THE PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL USE THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE+ PROCESS IN WHICH THE SEWAGE WILL FIRST PASS THROUGH GRIT CHANKELS AND SETTLING TANKS (TO REMOVE GRIT AND SUSPENDED PARTICLES) AND THEN THROUGH AERATION TANKS FOR BIOLOGICAL REDUCTION OF CRGANIC MATERIALS.
+AFTER THIS PROCESS, THE QUALITY OF THE EFFLUENT WILL BE SUCH THAT TOLO HARBOUR WILL NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED+, R. CHAN EXPLAN 2
SOME ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE PLANT HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED.
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