1963-1964 — Page 110

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River Indus Pumping Station

10.81. Pumping from the River Indus began in 1960 when the opportunity was taken to make the 48" pipeline bringing water from the Chinese Shum Chun Reservoir into the Tai Lam Chung Reservoir serve the additional purpose of delivering water from the flood flows in the Indus. Pumping was done from a temporary pumping station with pumps 'borrowed' from various waterworks installations.

10.82. Following upon measurements of flows in the Indus it was realized that it would be economic to construct a very large pumping station which would operate intermittently during the summer months and would deliver water eventually into the Plover Cove Reservoir.

10.83. In order to benefit from this scheme as early as possible work was begun on the construction of the pumping station and the installation of a collapsible 'Fabridam' across the Indus River. Orders were placed for ten pumps each capable of delivering 20 million gallons of water per day. Contracts for the delivery of over five miles of 54" steel pipes were placed so that twin pipelines could be laid from the River Indus to the Tai Po Tau pumping station. The pipes were received and the laying of one of the pipelines was almost completed. Contracts were prepared for laying the second pipeline.

10.84. The temporary pumping station at the Indus was once again equipped with as many pumps as could be spared and was thus ready to collect up to 30 million gallons per day during the wet season of 1964.

Tung Chung Water Scheme

10.85. During the course of the extremely dry summer, several schemes were examined to increase the Colony's resources. The Tung Chung Scheme was approved in October and work was begun almost immediately under Consulting Engineers.

10.86. The scheme comprises the construction of a series of shafts, tunnels and intakes to collect water from the hill catchments above Tung Chung on North Lantau and lead the water through a main delivery tunnel into the Shek Pik Reservoir. A flood-recovery pumping station will collect surplus water from the lower areas of the Tung Chung Valley and pump into the same delivery tunnel to Shek Pik.

10.87. Work began on the southern portal of the main delivery tunnel and on the access roads to the northern portals. A proposal for temporary flood pumping during the summer of 1964 had to be abandoned because pumps could not be obtained in time, but plans were made to bring the Tung Chung Scheme into production in 1965.

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River Indus Pumping Station 10.81. Pumping from the River Indus began in 1960 when the opportunity was taken to make the 48" pipeline bringing water from the Chinese Shum Chun Reservoir into the Tai Lam Chung Reservoir serve the additional purpose of delivering water from the flood flows in the Indus. Pumping was done from a temporary pumping station with pumps 'borrowed' from various waterworks installations. 10.82. Following upon measurements of flows in the Indus it was realized that it would be economic to construct a very large pumping station which would operate intermittently during the summer months and would deliver water eventually into the Plover Cove Reservoir. 10.83. In order to benefit from this scheme as early as possible work was begun on the construction of the pumping station and the installation of a collapsible 'Fabridam' across the Indus River. Orders were placed for ten pumps each capable of delivering 20 million gallons of water per day. Contracts for the delivery of over five miles of 54" steel pipes were placed so that twin pipelines could be laid from the River Indus to the Tai Po Tau pumping station. The pipes were received and the laying of one of the pipelines was almost completed. Contracts were prepared for laying the second pipeline. 10.84. The temporary pumping station at the Indus was once again equipped with as many pumps as could be spared and was thus ready to collect up to 30 million gallons per day during the wet season of 1964. Tung Chung Water Scheme 10.85. During the course of the extremely dry summer, several schemes were examined to increase the Colony's resources. The Tung Chung Scheme was approved in October and work was begun almost immediately under Consulting Engineers. 10.86. The scheme comprises the construction of a series of shafts, tunnels and intakes to collect water from the hill catchments above Tung Chung on North Lantau and lead the water through a main delivery tunnel into the Shek Pik Reservoir. A flood-recovery pumping station will collect surplus water from the lower areas of the Tung Chung Valley and pump into the same delivery tunnel to Shek Pik. 10.87. Work began on the southern portal of the main delivery tunnel and on the access roads to the northern portals. A proposal for temporary flood pumping during the summer of 1964 had to be abandoned because pumps could not be obtained in time, but plans were made to bring the Tung Chung Scheme into production in 1965. 84 Page 84 appears three times at the bottom, but since the original instruction is to keep "Page XX" as is when detected (usually six lines), and the text does not explicitly show "Page XX" format at the top and bottom, the correction focuses on the content provided. The original text is transformed into HTML format as requested.

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River Indus Pumping Station 10.81. Pumping from the River Indus began in 1960 when the opportunity was taken to make the 48" pipeline bringing water from the Chinese Shum Chun Reservoir into the Tai Lam Chung Reservoir serve the additional purpose of delivering water from the flood flows in the Indus. Pumping was done from a temporary pumping station with pumps 'borrowed' from various waterworks installations. 10.82. Following upon measurements of flows in the Indus it was realized that it would be economic to construct a very large pumping station which would operate intermittently during the summer months and would deliver water eventually into the Plover Cove Reservoir. 10.83. In order to benefit from this scheme as early as possible work was begun on the construction of the pumping station and the installa- tion of a collapsible 'Fabridam' across the Indus River. Orders were placed for ten pumps each capable of delivering 20 million gallons of water per day. Contracts for the delivery of over five miles of 54" steel pipes were placed so that twin pipelines could be laid from the River Indus to the Tai Po Tau pumping station. The pipes were received and the laying of one of the pipelines was almost completed. Contracts were prepared for laying the second pipeline. 10.84. The temporary pumping station at the Indus was once again equipped with as many pumps as could be spared and was thus ready to collect up to 30 million gallons per day during the wet season of 1964. Tung Chung Water Scheme 10.85. During the course of the extremely dry summer, several schemes were examined to increase the Colony's resources. The Tung Chung Scheme was approved in October and work was begun almost immediately under Consulting Engineers. 10.86. The scheme comprises the construction of a series of shafts, tunnels and intakes to collect water from the hill catchments above Tung Chung on North Lantau and lead the water through a main delivery tunnel into the Shek Pip Reservoir. A flood-recovery pumping station will collect surplus water from the lower areas of the Tung Chung Valley and pump into the same delivery tunnel to Shek Pik. 10.87. Work began on the southern portal of the main delivery tunnel and on the access roads to the northern portals. A proposal for tem- porary flood pumping during the summer of 1964 had to be abandoned because pumps could not be obtained in time, but plans were made to bring the Tung Chung Scheme into production in 1965. 84

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River Indus Pumping Station

10.83. In order to benefit from this scheme as early as possible work was begun on the construction of the pumping station and the installa- tion of a collapsible 'Fabridam' across the Indus River. Orders were placed for ten pumps each capable of delivering 20 million gallons of water per day. Contracts for the delivery of over five miles of 54" steel pipes were placed so that twin pipelines could be laid from the River Indus to the Tai Po Tau pumping station. The pipes were received and the laying of one of the pipelines was almost completed. Contracts were prepared for laying the second pipeline.

Tung Chung Water Scheme

10.86. The scheme comprises the construction of a series of shafts, tunnels and intakes to collect water from the hill catchments above Tung Chung on North Lantau and lead the water through a main delivery tunnel into the Shek Pip Reservoir. A flood-recovery pumping station will collect surplus water from the lower areas of the Tung Chung Valley and pump into the same delivery tunnel to Shek Pik.

10.87. Work began on the southern portal of the main delivery tunnel and on the access roads to the northern portals. A proposal for tem- porary flood pumping during the summer of 1964 had to be abandoned because pumps could not be obtained in time, but plans were made to bring the Tung Chung Scheme into production in 1965.

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