Grading of beach water quality released
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Twenty beaches were rated as Good (Grade 1), seventeen as Fair (Grade 2) and one as Poor (Grade 3).
Grade 1 beaches are:
Chung Hom Kok Beach Pui O Beach
Clear Water Bay Second Beach Repulse Bay Beach
Deep Water Bay Beach Shek O Beach
Golden Beach South Bay Beach
Hap Mun Bay Beach St Stephen's Beach
Hung Shing Yeh Beach Stanley Main Beach
Kiu Tsui Beach Tong Fuk Beach
Kwun Yam Beach Trio Beach
Lo So Shing Beach Turtle Cove Beach
Ma Wan Tung Wan Beach Upper Cheung Sha Beach
Grade 2 beaches are:
Anglers' Beach Discovery Bay
Approach Beach Hoi Mei Wan Beach
Big Wave Bay Beach Kadoorie Beach
Cafeteria New Beach Lido Beach
Cafeteria Old Beach Lower Cheung Sha Beach
Casam Beach Middle Bay Beach
Castle Peak Beach Silverstrand Beach
Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach Ting Kau Beach
Clear Water Bay First Beach
Grade 3 beach is:
Butterfly Beach
Compared with the grading released last week, Deep Water Bay Beach, Ma Wan Tung Wan Beach and Stanley Main Beach have been upgraded from Grade 2 to Grade 1. Anglers' Beach, Cafeteria New Beach, Casam Beach, Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach, Lido Beach and Middle Bay Beach have been changed from Grade 1 to Grade 2.
"The changes are generally within the normal range of fluctuation of the bacteriological water quality of the beaches," the EPD spokesman said.
Under the present grading system, beaches are classified into four grades according to the level of E coli in the water. Grades are calculated on the basis of the geometric mean of the E coli counts on the five most recent sampling occasions.
The EPD spokesman warned that many beaches were likely to be more polluted than their grades suggested during and after periods of heavy rain. Bathers should avoid swimming at beaches for up to three days after a storm or heavy rainfall.
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, June 9, 2017
Issued at HKT 15:00
Issued at HKT 15:00
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