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Fully treated water flows into Sham Tseng and nearby areas
Fully treated drinking water will be gushing through the taps of hundreds of households in Sham Tseng, Tsing Lung Tau and Ma Wan Island on Thursday (December 28).
This has been made possible by the completion of the first phase of the Water Supplies Department's water treatment works in Sham Tseng.
"With the commissioning of this new treatment plant, consumers in these areas who are now receiving chlorinated water will for the first time be supplied with fully treated water," a spokesman for the department said today (Monday).
"The Sham Tseng Water Treatment Works is a two-stage programme using primary and secondary processes of clarification and filtration as a means of achieving optimum water quality.
"The quality of water is systematically monitored by means of chemical and bacteriological testing of water samples taken to ensure that the final water supplied to the consumers complies fully with the Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality recommended by the World Health Organization," he said.
Stage I of the project, which has now been completed, costs $97 million and is able to provide 23,000 cubic metres of treated water per day. Stage II of the project, which is now being designed, will increase the treated water capacity to 36,500 cubic metres per day when completed to meet future demand.
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More counters to receive CNP applications
The six Local Control Offices (LCOs) of the Environmental Protection Department will be accepting applications for Construction Noise Permits (CNPs) starting January 2, 1996.
"Instead of having to make all applications at the Quarry Bay Office, relevant trades from January 2 can hand in applications for CNPs at, the relevant LCO responsible for the district where the construction work is to be carried out," a Principal Environmental Protection Officer, Mr Steven Ho, said.
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