Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Water supply and sanitation in Hong Kong is characterized by water import, reservoirs, and treatment infrastructure. Though multiple measures were made throughout its history, providing an adequate water supply for Hong Kong has met with numerous challenges because the region has few natural lakes and rivers, inadequate groundwater sources (inaccessible in most cases due to the hard granite ...
The Trail was established for the declared monuments in the Tai Tam Group of Reservoirs to help the public appreciate the history of water supply and the waterworks structures in Hong Kong. Among the six reservoirs, Wong Nai Chung Reservoir has been converted into a boating park since 1986, while the other reservoirs are still operating.
Before the completion of the reservoir in 1863, the people in the city got their water by nearby streams or wells. These methods however were unable to support the rapid growth of the Hong Kong population since 1841. Because diseases were caused by polluted water, The Hong Kong Government needed an urgent solution to the problem. Thus, they ...
Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir. / 22.256018; 114.211836. Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir, part of the Tai Tam Reservoirs, is a reservoir in Tai Tam Country Park, Tai Tam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong and has a water storage capacity of 22.4 million gallons. [1] [2] The reservoir was completed in 1904. [3]
The Water Supplies Department (WSD; Chinese: 水務署) is the department under the 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.
It is the oldest pumping station in Hong Kong, even older than Tai Tam Tuk Pumping Station (大潭篤泵房), which was constructed in 1917. In 1890, Osbert Chadwick, consulting engineer of the Crown Agents, proposed the building plan for a water supply system in Kowloon. He suggested collecting subterranean water by building underground mud ...
The Aberdeen Reservoirs were built to augment Pok Fu Lam Reservoir in providing water supply to the west of Hong Kong Island. The Lower Aberdeen Reservoir, with a capacity of 44.2 million imperial gallons (201,000 m 3), was originally a private reservoir owned by Tai Shing Paper Factory, built in 1890, which also provided water to nearby residents.
In order to solve the water supply problems, the Hong Kong Government built a concrete dam on Chi Ma Wan Peninsula, Lantau, on the opposite bank of Cheung Chau with a capacity of about 130,000 m 3, 91.1 m long and 15 m high in a small reservoir and then used a 6-inch submarine pipe to divert water to the Cheung Chau Ferry Pier and transport it ...