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HURSDAY, JITY 9, 1932

WITH

то

BE

"BEACHES

HIGHLY DEVELOPED HINTERLANDS ARE LIKELY MORE POLLUTED THAN THE GRADES SUGGEST DURING AND AFTER HEAVY RAIN.

AFTER

IF THERE IS

"BATHERS SHOULD AVOID SUCH BEACHES FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS A STORM, LONGER IF THE WEATHER REMAINS OVERCAST OR LESS STRONG SUNSHINE.”

THE SYSTEM FOR GRADING BEACH WATER QUALITY IS AS FOLLOWS:

THE E. GRADE "1" INDICATES THAT THE WATER QUALITY IS GOOD.

AT EACH COLI COUNT IS NO MORE THAN 24 PER 100 MILLILITERS BEACH SO GRADED, AND THE EXPECTED RISK OF MINOR ILLNESS SWIMMERS IS UNDETECTABLE.

THE

GRADE "2" INDICATES THAT THE WATER QUALITY IS FAIR.

COUNT IS NO MORE THAN 180 PER 100 MILLILITERS AT COLI

NO SO GRADED, AND THE EXPECTED HEALTH RISK IS BEACH THAN 10 CASES OF MINOR ILLNESS PER 1,000 SWIMMERS.

TO

E.

EACH MORE

THE E.

EACH NO MORE

* GRADE "3" INDICATES THAT THE WATER QUALITY IS POOR.

COLI COUNT IS NO MORE THAN 610 PER 100 MILLILITERS AT BEACH SO GRADED, AND THE EXPECTED HEALTH RISK IS THAN 15 CASES OF MINOR ILLNESS PER 1,000 SWIMMERS.

IS VERY POOR. GRADE "4" INDICATES THAT THE WATER QUALITY THE E. COLI COUNT IS MORE THAN 610 PER 100 MILLILITERS AT EACH BEACH SO GRADED, AND THE EXPECTED HEALTH RISK IS MORE THAN 15 CASES OF MINOR ILLNESS PER 1,000 SWIMMERS.

SWIMMERS

IS

THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO CLOSE A BEACH TO BASED ON A JUDGEMENT OF WHAT DEGREE OF POLLUTION IS ACCEPTABLE.

THE

BY

NORMALLY, THE CLOSURE OF A BEACH WOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED URBAN COUNCIL OR REGIONAL COUNCIL IF A "4" GRADE OCCURRED REPEATEDLY,

SEASON BATHING SO THAT THE AVERAGE HEALTH RISK OVER THE EXCEEDED 15 CASES PER 1,000 SWIMMERS.

SIMILARLY,

THE REOPENING

OF A CLOSED BEACH WOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED IF A "3" GRADE OR BETTER WERE CONSISTENTLY OBTAINED.

AT

AND PRESENT, TWO BATHING BEACHES, NAMELY CASTLE PEAK CAFETERIA, HAVE BEEN DECLARED UNSUITABLE

SWIMMING, BASED ON WATER QUALITY DURING PAST SEASONS.

FOR

OLD THE

THEY

POLLUTED ARE

BY FAECAL

WASTES

ΤΟ AND FAIL

ACHIEVE

TO THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED NOT

CONSISTENTLY THE HONG KONG STANDARDS. SWIM AT THESE TWO BEACHES.

IN ADDITION, ROCKY BAY BEACH HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR SWIMMING

THESE THREE BEACHES ARE IDENTIFIED

PURPOSES BY THE URBAN COUNCIL. AN "X" IN THE FOLLOWING LIST.

BY

/TUTE CRADOS

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