Inter-reservoirs Transfer Scheme commissioning ceremony (with photos)
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The Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), Mr Ricky Lau, accompanied by the Director of Drainage Services, Ms Alice Pang and the Director of Water Supplies, Mr Tony Yau, officiated at the ceremony.
Mr Lau said that in recent years, the DSD has adopted a "three-pronged flood prevention strategy", i.e. stormwater interception, flood storage and drainage improvement, and completed various flood prevention projects, including four drainage tunnels and four stormwater storage schemes, which effectively mitigated the risk of flooding in Hong Kong.
He added that the works of the Inter-reservoirs Transfer Scheme were implemented by the DSD, while the operation and maintenance will be handled by the Water Supplies Department after commissioning, fully demonstrating cross-departmental co-operation. The scheme has also attained "one project, two achievements", i.e. the dual purposes of "Preserving flood ‧ Conserving water". The scheme received the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals Achievement Awards Hong Kong 2022 - Merit Award, in recognition of the project team's effort.
Under the Inter-reservoirs Transfer Scheme, part of the surface runoff collected from the Kowloon group of reservoir will be transferred to the Lower Shing Mun Reservoir. This will create designated flood storage capacity in the Kowloon Byewash Reservoir (KBR) to allow collection of further surface runoff in the KBR during heavy rainstorms, so as to reduce the risk of flooding in Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan and Lai Chi Kok caused by the overflow from the KBR.
Ends/Friday, January 6, 2023
Issued at HKT 18:00
Issued at HKT 18:00
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