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Grading of beach water quality released
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     The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (August 11) released the latest grading of water quality of 37 gazetted beaches and one non-gazetted beach (Discovery Bay).
 
     Under the present grading system, beaches are classified into four grades according to the geometric mean of the E coli counts on the five most recent sampling occasions.  Grade 4 is assigned to beaches whose E coli readings show abnormalities that may affect bathers' health.   
 
     Ten beaches were rated as Good (Grade 1), twenty-four as Fair (Grade 2) and four as Poor (Grade 3).
 
Grade 1 beaches are:
 
Hap Mun Bay Beach Repulse Bay Beach*
Kiu Tsui Beach South Bay Beach*
Kwun Yam Beach St Stephen's Beach*
Lo So Shing Beach* Tong Fuk Beach
Lower Cheung Sha Beach Upper Cheung Sha Beach
 
Grade 2 beaches are:
 
Anglers' Beach Discovery Bay
Big Wave Bay Beach Golden Beach
Butterfly Beach Hung Shing Yeh Beach*
Cafeteria New Beach Kadoorie Beach
Cafeteria Old Beach Lido Beach
Casam Beach Ma Wan Tung Wan Beach
Castle Peak Beach Middle Bay Beach
Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach Pui O Beach*
Chung Hom Kok Beach* Shek O Beach
Clear Water Bay First Beach Stanley Main Beach
Clear Water Bay Second Beach Trio Beach
Deep Water Bay Beach* Turtle Cove Beach
 
Grade 3 beaches are:
 
Approach Beach Silverstrand Beach
Hoi Mei Wan Beach Ting Kau Beach
 
Remark *: Temporarily closed
 
     Despite the above grading, eight gazetted beaches are temporarily closed on a precautionary basis by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department due to the spillage of palm stearin caused by a vessel collision incident in the Pearl River Estuary on August 3.   
   
     A summary of beach grades is published weekly before the weekend.  Latest beach grades based on the most current data may be obtained from the department's websites on Beach Water Quality (www.beachwq.gov.hk or www.epd.gov.hk/epd/beach) or the beach hotline, 2511 6666.
 
 
Ends/Friday, August 11, 2017
Issued at HKT 21:21
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