of 310 ft. on the northern side a further reservoir of 6½ million gallons capacity and of reinforced concrete to meet the increased demand of Kennedy Town, was 60% completed.
7.77. At present the water being drawn from Shek Pik, via Sandy Bay was supplied through existing service reservoirs such as Elliot, Bowen Road, etc.
7.78. The control of the system was considerably assisted by the installation of radio telemetery equipment linking Sandy Bay with Silvermine Bay across the 8 mile stretch of open sea.
7.79. All works between Shek Pik Reservoir and the Sandy Bay terminal of the submarine pipeline, together with the work above Tung Chung, are under the control of Messrs. Binnie & Partners, the appointed Consulting Engineers.
Plover Cove Water Scheme
7.80. This consists basically of the conversion of the nearly land-locked sea estuary of Plover Cove in the New Territories into a fresh water lake with a water surface area of 2,950 acres by the construction of three dams. The longest of these dams is 1½ miles with a maximum height of 130 ft. of which 90 ft. will be below sea level to give a usable storage of 30,500 million gallons. Yields to this mammoth reservoir will be from the direct catchments of the southern slopes of the Pat Sin Range as well as the northern slopes brought in by catchwaters and tunnels. In addition, the area yielding naturally to Tai Po Tau, as well as streams between Sha Tin and Tai Po Tau which are collected and flow by gravity through 2 miles of secondary tunnel and 8 miles of main tunnel will add to the indirect catchment area yield. Water received from China via the 54" dia. pipe lines laid to Tau Pass as well as the natural yield at this point will be conducted by a culvert of 11'-6" diameter, and 54″ dia. rider main to Tai Po Tau to join the gravity flow water from the Tolo Harbour streams and flow through over 6 miles of tunnel to Plover Cove. Work has started on the foundation of a 'fabridam' at Tau Pass to divert the natural yield to this point into the gravity flow culvert to Tai Po Tau. This was 75% completed and the 54" dia. rider main was laid by the end of the year. The tunnels between Sha Tin and Tai Po Tau were also substantially completed and the fabridam at Tai Po Tau installed. 4,900 ft. of the 6 mile tunnel between Tai Po Tau and the Plover Cove Terminal at Tai Mei Tuk were excavated, as well as 13,400 ft. of secondary tunnels to bring in the yields from the northern and southern slopes of the Pat Sin Range. 40% of the sea bed dredging
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General view of the main and supply basin dams.
Lower Shing Mun Reservoir. Part of the vast
Plover Cove Water Scheme (para. 7.80 et seq).
Valve tower and bellmouth
spillway.
of 310 ft. on the northern side a further reservoir of 61⁄2 million gallons capacity and of reinforced concrete to meet the increased demand of Kennedy Town, was 60% completed.
7.77. At present the water being drawn from Shek Pik, via Sandy Bay was supplied through existing service reservoirs such as Elliot, Bowen Road, etc.
7.78. The control of the system was considerably assisted by the installation of radio telemetery equipment linking Sandy Bay with Silver- mine Bay across the 8 mile stretch of open sea.
7.79. All works between Shek Pik Reservoir and the Sandy Bay terminal of the submarine pipeline, together with the work above Tung Chung, are under the control of Messrs. Binnie & Partners, the appointed Consulting Engineers.
Plover Cove Water Scheme
7.80. This consists basically of the conversion of the nearly land- locked sea estuary of Plover Cove in the New Territories into a fresh water lake with a water surface area of 2,950 acres by the construction of three dams. The longest of these dams is 11⁄2 miles with a maximum height of 130 ft. of which 90 ft. will be below sea level to give a usuable storage of 30,500 million gallons. Yields to this mammoth reservoir will be from the direct catchments of the southern slopes of the Pat Sin Range as well as the northern slopes brought in by catchwaters and tunnels. In addition, the area yielding naturally to Tai Po Tau, as well as streams between Sha Tin and Tai Po Tau which are collected and flow by gravity through 2 miles of secondary tunnel and 8 miles of main tunnel will add to the indirect catchment area yield. Water received from China via the 54" dia. pipe lines laid to Tau Pass as well as the natural yield at this point will be conducted by a culvert of 11'-6" diameter, and 54′′ dia. rider main to Tai Po Tau to join the gravity flow water from the Tolo Harbour streams and flow through over 6 miles of tunnel to Plover Cove. Work has started on the foundation of a 'fabridam' at Tau Pass to divert the natural yield to this point into the gravity flow culvert to Tai Po Tau. This was 75% completed and the 54" dia. rider main was laid by the end of the year. The tunnels between Sha Tin and Tai Po Tau were also substantially completed and the fabridam at Tai Po Tau installed. 4,900 ft. of the 6 mile tunnel between Tai Po Tau and the Plover Cove Terminal at Tai Mei Tuk were excavated, as well as 13,400 ft. of secondary tunnels to bring in the yields from the northern and southern slopes of the Pat Sin Range. 40% of the sea bed dredging
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General view of the main and supply basin dams.
Lower Shing Mun Reservoir. Part of the vast
Plover Cove Water Scheme (para. 7.80 et seq).
Valve tower and bellmouth
spillway.
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