Plover Cove Scheme
7:37. Stage I of this scheme which includes pumping raw water from the Tai Po River at Tai Po Tau through eight miles of tunnel to Sha Tin Treatment Works and then on through Lion Rock Tunnel into Kowloon was practically completed. The water taken from the Tai Po River includes the yield extracted and pumped from the River Indus as well as most of the water received from China. These resources are further increased by deep shafts which draw the yields of streams between Tai Po Tau and Sha Tin into the 8-mile long supply tunnel. The large earth dam across the Shing Mun River below Jubilee Reservoir forms a balancing reservoir for all these yields.
7.38. Inflatable neoprene-coated nylon dams were installed in the River Indus and at Tai Po Tau and Tau Pass. These can deflate during periods of excess flows thus reducing the possibility of flooding the surrounding countryside.
7.39. The capacity of Sha Tin Treatment works which were first brought into service last year was increased to 57 million gallons of water a day and will be further extended to 80 million gallons a day with provision for ultimate duplication to 160 million gallons per day at some future date. Equipment is now being installed at Sha Tin to make it the control centre for the Plover Cove scheme with all pumps, principal valves and sluice gates remotely operated from this one central point.
7.40. Work on Stage II of the Plover Cove scheme proceeded satisfactorily and when the Plover Cove Reservoir is completed in 1968 together with the tunnels connecting Plover Cove and Tai Po Tau, the combined cost of the first two stages, including the associated work being carried out by the waterworks' Construction division, will have amounted to HK$540 million and will be the largest water project ever undertaken by the Hong Kong Government.
7.41. The sealing of the Plover Cove sea inlet by a 12-mile dam and two smaller dams continued and the necessary dredging for the main dam was completed and just over half of the decomposed rock and sand layers placed to form the dam itself. Of the 6-mile long supply tunnel from Plover Cove to Tai Po Tau only one section remained to be holed through. Excavation of the subsidiary tunnels to Lau Shui Heung and Nam Chung Lo Uk was also nearly complete and concrete lining of the tunnel system commenced.
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Plover Cove Scheme
7:37. Stage I of this scheme which includes pumping raw water from the Tai Po River at Tai Po Tau through eight miles of tunnel to Sha Tin Treatment Works and then on through Lion Rock Tunnel into Kowloon was practically completed. The water taken from the Tai Po River includes the yield extracted and pumped from the River Indus as well as most of the water received from China. These resources are further increased by deep shafts which draw the yields of streams between Tai Po Tau and Sha Tin into the 8-mile long supply tunnel. The large earth dam across the Shing Mun River below Jubilee Reservoir forms a balancing reservoir for all these yields.
7.38. Inflatable neoprene-coated nylon dams were installed in the River Indus and at Tai Po Tau and Tau Pass. These can deflate during periods of excess flows thus reducing the possibility of flooding the surrounding countryside.
7.39. The capacity of Sha Tin Treatment works which were first brought into service last year was increased to 57 million gallons of water a day and will be further extended to 80 million gallons a day with provision for ultimate duplication to 160 million gallons per day at some future date. Equipment is now being installed at Sha Tin to make it the control centre for the Plover Cove scheme with all pumps, principal valves and sluice gates remotely operated from this one central point.
7.40. Work on Stage II of the Plover Cove scheme proceeded satisfactorily and when the Plover Cove Reservoir is completed in 1968 together with the tunnels connecting Plover Cove and Tai Po Tau, the combined cost of the first two stages, including the associated work being carried out by the waterworks' Construction division, will have amounted to HK$540 million and will be the largest water project ever undertaken by the Hong Kong Government.
7.41. The sealing of the Plover Cove sea inlet by a 12 mile dam and two smaller dams continued and the necessary dredging for the main dam was completed and just over half of the decomposed rock and sand layers placed to form the dam itself. Of the 6-mile long supply tunnel from Plover Cove to Tai Po Tau only one section remained to be holed through. Excavation of the subsidiary tunnels to Lau Shui Heung and Nam Chung Lo Uk was also nearly complete and concrete lining of the tunnel system commenced.
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