to a new reservoir at an elevation of approximately
700 to feed the Tin Hau Temple Road area thus combining both projects to form one scheme. Survey and boring work was completed in connexion with the location of the reservoir which will have a capacity of 5 million gallons.
Tsun Wan Supply.
303. Tsun Wan is a rapidly expanding town situated along Castle Peak Road, approximately 8 miles from Kowloon. In recent years a number of factories, mostly for the manufacture of textiles, have been erected and many more are planned provided a supply of water can be assured. At present this area is fed from an intake in the Shing Mun catchwater. There is no storage and the quantity available during the dry season which is entirely dependent on the flow in the catchwater is totally inadequate to meet present day demand. Tsun Wan is to be given a supply from the Tai Lam Chung Scheme as soon as water becomes available. A contract was accordingly let for the construction on a site adjacent to the new Tai Lam Chung Rapid Gravity Filters of a 5-million gallon capacity service reservoir. An indent was placed for 21, 18 and 12 inch diameter pipes for the distribution system.
Tai Lam Chung Scheme.
304. This project has been described in previous reports. A detailed contour survey of the reservoir area was completed and the maximum storage computed at 4,507 million gallons or somewhat less than the rough estimate obtained from the 1 in 20,000 ordnance sheets. The scheme will, however, still provide a maximum of 40 million gallons of potable water per day.
305. It has been stated in previous reports that the scheme would be carried out in stages. The work in hand at the beginning of the year, which was estimated to cost $80,000,000.00, would have provided a maximum of 20 million gallons of water per day. Approval, however, was obtained during the year to complete the project at an estimated total cost of $125,000,000.00.
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to a new reservoir at an elevation of approximately
700 to feed the Tin Hau Temple Road area thus combining both projects to form one scheme. Survey and boring work was completed in connexion with the location of the reservoir which will have a capacity of 5 million gallons.
Tsun Wan Supply.
303. Tsun Wan is a rapidly expanding town situated along Castle Peak Road, approximately 8 miles from Kowloon. In recent years a number of factories, mostly for the manufacture of textiles, have been erected and many more are planned provided a supply of water can be assured. At present this area is fed from an intake in the Shing Mun catchwater. There is no storage and the quantity available during the dry season which is entirely dependent on the flow in the catchwater is totally inadequate to meet present day demand. Tsun Wan is to be given a supply from the Tai Lam Chung Scheme as soon as water becomes available., A contract was accordingly let for the construction on a site adjacent to the new Tai Lam Chung Rapid Gravity Filters of a 5-million gallon capacity service reservoir. An indent was placed for 21, 18 and 12 inch diameter pipes for the distribution system.
Tai Lam Chung Scheme.
304. This project has been described in previous reports. A detailed contour survey of the reservoir area was completed and the maximum storage computed at 4,507 million gallons or somewhat less than the rough estimate obtained from the 1 in 20,000 ordnance sheets. The scheme will, however, still provide a maximum of 40 million gallons of potable water per day.
305. It has been stated in previous reports that the scheme would be carried out in stages. The work in hand at the begin- ning of the year, which was estimated to cost $80,000,000.00, would have provided, a maximum of 20 million gallons of water per day. Approval, however, was obtained during the year to complete the project at an estimated total cost of $125,000,000.00.
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