Grading of beach water quality released

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The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (September 10) released the latest grading of water quality for 39 gazetted beaches (see Note 1) and one non-gazetted beach (i.e. Discovery Bay, see Note 2).

Twenty-two beaches were rated as Good (Grade 1), 17 as Fair (Grade 2) and one as Poor (Grade 3).

Grade 1 beaches are:

Cafeteria New Beach*	Kwun Yam Beach
Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach*	Lo So Shing Beach
Chung Hom Kok Beach	Repulse Bay Beach*
Clear Water Bay First Beach	Shek O Beach*
Clear Water Bay Second Beach*	South Bay Beach*
Discovery Bay	St Stephen's Beach
Golden Beach*	Tai Po Lung Mei Beach*
Hap Mun Bay Beach*	Tong Fuk Beach
Hung Shing Yeh Beach*	Trio Beach*
Kadoorie Beach	Turtle Cove Beach
Kiu Tsui Beach	Upper Cheung Sha Beach

Grade 2 beaches are:

Anglers' Beach	Lido Beach*
Approach Beach	Lower Cheung Sha Beach*
Big Wave Bay Beach*	Ma Wan Tung Wan Beach*
Butterfly Beach*	Middle Bay Beach
Cafeteria Old Beach	Pui O Beach*
Casam Beach*	Silverstrand Beach*
Castle Peak Beach	Stanley Main Beach*
Deep Water Bay Beach*	Ting Kau Beach*
Hoi Mei Wan Beach

Grade 3 beach is:

Silver Mine Bay Beach*

Compared with the grading released last week, Middle Bay Beach and Silverstrand 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," an EPD spokesman said.

Under the present grading system, beaches are classified into four grades, namely Good (Grade 1), Fair (Grade 2), Poor (Grade 3) and Very Poor (Grade 4), 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.

A summary of beach grades is published weekly before the weekend. The latest beach grades based on the most current data may be obtained from the EPD's website on Beach Water Quality (www.epd.gov.hk/epd/beach) or the beach hotline, 2511 6666.

Note 1: Lifeguard services are provided by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department at 23 gazetted beaches, marked with an asterisk above, from September 10.

Note 2: Discovery Bay is a non-gazetted beach without lifeguard service.

Ends/Friday, September 10, 2021
Issued at HKT 16:00

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