which is to be extended across the eastern harbour approaches. The Lion Rock and Tsz Wan Shan Service Reservoirs were completed, and the contract awarded for the Shek Kip Mei service reservoir. 5,000 ft. of 48″ trunk inlet and outlet mains for Shek Kip Mei Service Reservoir were laid.
7.85. All works between Plover Cove and the Sha Tin Treatment Site are under the joint control of Messrs. Binnie & Partners and Messrs. Scott & Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners who are the appointed consulting engineers for the Scheme.
7.86. Some disruption of the lives of local residents by a scheme of this magnitude is inevitable. Plover Cove Reservoir alone requires the moving of over 1,200 villagers to new accommodation in the form of blocks of flats being constructed on a reclaimed area at Tai Po. Provision of shops at ground floor level will ensure a continued livelihood for these people, while the complete fishing village of Sam Mun Tsai is being reprovisioned at Yim Tin Tsai. Provision is also being made to ensure that only the flood flow of streams is accepted for Urban Area consumption, and that the dry weather flow by-passes the intakes and continues to be available to the farmers for irrigation. Indeed, much of the existing irrigation system is being improved and to this end two irrigation reservoirs are being built at Hok Tau and Lau Shui Heung to improve the dry weather irrigation flow. In all some 34 minor irrigation dams and 17,570 ft. of concrete channel have been constructed.
River Indus Flood Pumping
7.87. This is a scheme to increase the water resources of the Colony. While the winter flow from the 12,735 acres yielding to the narrow pass just south of the Lo Wu border railway station is not appreciable, the summer yield can exceed a rate of 200 million gallons per day during rainstorms and typhoons. The scheme, therefore, is to construct a station with a 230 million gallons per day pumping capacity which will extract the flood flow from a basin behind a Fabridam for either storage at Plover Cove or Tai Lam Chung, or for direct treatment at the new Sha Tin plant. The Fabridam will be set to deflate automatically when the water in the supply basin reaches a predetermined level so as not to cause serious flooding of the low-lying cultivated catchment. Transmission of the flood flow to Tai Lam Chung is via the 48″ dia. main laid in 1960 for disposal of the water received from China under the 1960 agreement.
7.88. 38,835 ft. of welded steel pipes were laid to complete twin 54″ dia. mains to permit the increased quantity of the new agreement with
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which is to be extended across the eastern harbour approaches. The Lion Rock and Tsz Wan Shan Service Reservoirs were completed, and the contract awarded for the Shek Kip Mei service reservoir. 5,000 ft. of 48′′ trunk inlet and outlet mains for Shek Kip Mei Service Reservoir were laid.
7.85. All works between Plover Cove and the Sha Tin Treatment Site are under the joint control of Messrs. Binnie & Partners and Messrs. Scott & Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners who are the appointed consulting engineers for the Scheme.
7.86. Some disruption of the lives of local residents by a scheme of this magnitude is inevitable. Plover Cove Reservoir alone requires the moving of over 1,200 villagers to new accommodation in the form of blocks of flats being constructed on a reclaimed area at Tai Po. Provision of shops at ground floor level will ensure a continued livelihood for these people, while the complete fishing village of Sam Mun Tsai is being reprovisioned at Yim Tin Tsai. Provision is also being made to ensure that only the flood flow of streams is accepted for Urban Area consumption, and that the dry weather flow bye-passes the intakes and continues to be available to the farmers for irrigation. Indeed, much of the existing irrigation system is being improved and to this end two irrigation reservoirs are being built at Hok Tau and Lau Shui Heung to improve the dry weather irrigation flow. In all some 34 minor irrigation dams and 17,570 ft. of concrete channel have been constructed.
River Indus Flood Pumping
7.87. This is a scheme to increase the water resources of the Colony. While the winter flow from the 12,735 acres yielding to the narrow pass just south of the Lo Wu border railway station is not appreciable, the summer yield can exceed a rate of 200 million gallons per day during rainstorms and typhoons. The scheme, therefore, is to construct a station with a 230 million gallons per day pumping capacity which will extract the flood flow from a basin behind a Fabridam for either storage at Plover Cove or Tai Lam Chung, or for direct treatment at the new Sha Tin plant. The Fabridam will be set to deflate automatically when the water in the supply basin reaches a predetermined level so as not to cause serious flooding of the low lying cultivated catchment. Transmission of the flood flow to Tai Lam Chung is via the 48′′ dia. main laid in 1960 for disposal of the water received from China under the 1960 agreement. 7.88. 38,835 ft. of welded steel pipes were laid to complete twin 54′′ dia. mains to permit the increased quantity of the new agreement with
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