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The Water Supplies Department ( WSD; Chinese: 水務署) is the department under Development Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong of the People's Republic of China providing a reliable and adequate supply of wholesome potable water and sea water to customers in Hong Kong. The headquarter office is located at the Immigration Tower on Gloucester ...
The agreement allows for less water to be withdrawn when reservoirs in Hong Kong are full, and more water to be withdrawn in times of drought, while the annual payment remains the same. Under the new agreement, Hong Kong paid fixed lump sums of HK$2,959 million, HK$3,146 million and HK$3,344 million for 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively. [9]
The Hong Kong Be Water Act of 2019 was a proposed United States legislative bill, introduced in October 2019, that calls for sanctions and the freezing of assets under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act of Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials as well as state-owned enterprises involved in the suppression of demonstrators' freedom of expression and assembly during the 2019 ...
The Municipal Solid Water Charging Scheme (Nigeria), also known as the Waste Disposal (Charging for Municipal Solid Waste) (Amendment) Bill 2018, is a system for managing solid waste in Hong Kong. It implements legislation that takes effect on 1 April 2024. It adopts the 'polluter-pay' principle as first suggested by the government in 2005.
Samples of potable water in Hong Kong were found to contain excessive levels of heavy metals including lead, nickel and cadmium in 2015. Such discoveries of contamination caused widespread crisis within the city. The scandal began in June 2015 when the Democratic Party announced that testing of drinking water at Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon ...
The Hong Kong Consumer Council, the Chinese city's consumer protection watchdog, is causing a headache for the largest bottled water supplier in China.
Reservoirs in Hong Kong are spread fairly evenly over the entire 1,104 km 2 of Hong Kong. There is plenty of space for small reservoirs in Hong Kong, as the hilly areas provide valleys suitable for water storage. However, the larger reservoirs, i.e. High Island Reservoir and Plover Cove Reservoir, were built differently.
China Water Affairs Group Limited (Chinese: 中國水務集團有限公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Shuǐwù jítuán yǒuxiàngōngsī) (SEHK: 855) is a water supply company headquartered in Hong Kong. It was the earliest water company listed in Hong Kong, and is the only Hong Kong listed company that focuses on water supply business.