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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1983

WATER SUPPLY IN NORTHEASTERN NT TO DOUBLE

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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL DOUBLE THE WATER TREATMENT CAPACITY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW TERRITORIES BY EARLY 1985 TO MEET INCREASING DEMAND FOR WATER SUPPLY IN THE AREA.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON, TODAY (FRIDAY) WHEN HE VISITED WATERWORKS CONSTRUCTION SITES IN FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI,

THE SCHEME WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TREATMENT PLANT AND A PUMPING STATION IN SHEUNG SHUI AND A SERVICE RESERVOIR AT TABLE HILL.

IN ADDITION, A TOTAL OF 20 KILOMETRES OF ASSOCIATED PIPELINES WILL BE LAID IN THE DISTRICT.

MR TOMLINSON SAID THE NEW WORKS WOULD BOOST THE EXISTING DAILY CAPACITY OF 110 000 CUBIC METRES TO 210 000 CUBIC METRES BY 1985.

AMONG THE AREAS WHICH WILL RECEIVE WATER SUPPLY FROM THE NEW TREATMENT WORKS ARE SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING, SHEK WU HUI, KWU TUNG, LOK MA CHAU, LO WU, KWAN TEI, PING CHE AND SHA TAU KOK.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR LEE GUN-CHEUNG, CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION) OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, MR TOMLINSON TOURED FOUR MAIN- LAYING PROJECTS WHICH FORMED PART OF THE SCHEME, AND DISCUSSED THE WORKS WITH ENGINEERS AND TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND CONTRACTORS AT THE SITES.

MR TOMLINSON SAID HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE $13-MILLION MAIN-LAYING CONTRACTS.

WATER SUPPLY TO NORTHEASTERN NEW TERRITORIES IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED FROM THE TAI PO TAU TREATMENT WORKS, THE CAPACITY OF WHICH WAS EXPANDED TO 110 000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT AWARDED A $6.4 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SHEUNG SHUI PUMPING STATION.

ANOTHER CONTRACT WORTH $17.5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SERVICE RESERVOIR AT TABLE HILL WILL BE AWARDED NEXT WEEK.

WORK ON THE PUMPING STATION AND SERVICE RESERVOIR WILL START LATER THIS MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

MR TOMLINSON SAID TENDERS WOULD BE INVITED SHORTLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SHEUNG SHUI TREATMENT WORKS.

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