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Sha Tin Water Treatment Works open day on Saturday

Members of the public will have a chance to see and know more about the water treatment process by visiting Hong Kong's largest water treatment works in Sha Tin this Saturday (December 7).

The Sha Tin Water Treatment Works supplies almost half of the water consumed in the territory, serving mainly Sha Tin, Ma On Shan, Central Kowloon and part of the Hong Kong Island.

It will be open to public from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday as one of the events organised by the Water Supplies Department during the Serving the Community Week.

By joining the guided tour on site, visitors can have a close look at various strategic components of the treatment works, which include the "clarifiers" for settlement of suspended particles in water, and the "filter beds" where more finely divided suspensions are retained on sand layers while colour and odour in water are removed by the filtration process.

After touring around the plant, visitors can see eight display panels outlining the functions of the Water Supplies Department, the current and future sources of our water and other treatment works in the territory.

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They can also visit the largest waterworks laboratory in the territory Mainland East Laboratory and be briefed on the water quality monitoring system of chemical, bacteriological and biological examinations of water samples taken at various points of the water supply system.

The Sha Tin Water Treatment Works, located at 12 Keng Hau Road, Hin Tin, is within walking distance from the Hin Keng Estate bus terminus.

Visitors can also make use of the free shuttle bus service running between the Kowloon Canton Railway Tai Wai Station and the treatment works.

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