7.98. A proposal to provide an unfiltered supply from the Kap Lung, Tsing Tam and Ho Pui irrigation reservoirs to thirteen villages in the Pat Heung area was still awaiting completion of legal formalities regarding water charges and land clearance for pipeline routes.
Irrigation Works in the New Territories
7.99. In order to improve irrigation of crops in the New Territories over 11 miles of concrete channelling and 55 diversion dams were constructed. These works are in addition to the irrigation work precipitated by the Plover Cove Scheme and those carried out as Local Public Works Schemes by the District Officers.
PLANNING AND HYDROLOGY
Chief Engineer:
A. S. ROBERTSON, B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct.E., A.M.I.W.E.
Water Resources Survey
7.100. This is a joint venture with Messrs. Binnie & Partners, the Government Water Consulting Engineers, who appointed a member of their staff to work with the Hong Kong Water Authority. In turn this Authority has reciprocated by the secondment of an engineer to the Consulting Engineers' London Office. The objects of the survey are to reduce wastage of water, investigate its re-use, desalination of sea water and the development of any other natural source of supply to meet the estimated growth of demand.
7.101. Preliminary work was carried out to re-assess existing reservoir supply capacities and a Water Resources Policy Committee was formed to consider the recommendations of the Water Resources Survey unit.
Hydrology
7.102. Leupold & Stevens measuring and recording equipment was installed at three previously established stream gauging stations and at four new stations. Construction work on two further stations was started. The advantages of this equipment over that previously used are that it is more reliable and the autographic charts require changing less frequently. It was agreed that the analysis of stream gauge data is sufficiently time-absorbing to warrant the use of a computer, and information from the charts was extracted in suitable form to permit a computer study to be instituted.
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7.98. A proposal to provide an unfiltered supply from the Kap Lung, Tsing Tam and Ho Pui irrigation reservoirs to thirteen villages in the Pat Heung area was still awaiting completion of legal formalities regarding water charges and land clearance for pipe line routes.
Irrigation Works in the New Territories
7.99. In order to improve irrigation of crops in the New Territories over 11 miles of concrete channelling and 55 diversion dams were con- structed. These works are in addition to the irrigation work precipitated by the Plover Cove Scheme and those carried out as Local Public Works Schemes by the District Officers.
PLANNING AND HYDROLOGY
Chief Engineer:
A. S. ROBERTSON, B.Sc. (Eng.), A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.Struct.E., A.M.I.W.E.
Water Resources Survey
7.100. This is a joint venture with Messrs. Binnie & Partners, the Government Water Consulting Engineers, who appointed a member of their staff to work with the Hong Kong Water Authority. In turn this Authority has reciprocated by the secondment of an engineer to the Consulting Engineers London Office. The objects of the survey are to reduce wastage of water, investigate its re-use, desalination of sea water and the development of any other natural source of supply to meet the estimated growth of demand.
7.101. Preliminary work was carried out to re-assess existing reservoir supply capacities and a Water Resources Policy Committee was formed to consider the recommendations of the Water Resources Survey unit.
Hydrology
7.102. Leupold & Stevens measuring and recording equipment was installed at three previously established stream gauging stations and at four new stations. Construction work on two further stations was started. The advantages of this equipment over that previously used are that it is more reliable and the autographic charts require changing less frequently. It was agreed that the analysis of stream gauge data is sufficiently time absorbing to warrant the use of a computer, and information from the charts was extracted in suitable form to permit a computer study to be instituted.
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