| 1851 |
Five wells sunk
for City water supply. |
| 1860 |
Tanks constructed
at Bonham Road. |
| 1863 |
Pok Fu Lam reservoir
with a capacity of 9,000 cubic metres and aqueduct
completed. |
| 1871 |
Second Pok Fu Lam
reservoir with a capacity of 26l,000 cubic metres
completed. |
| 1874 |
Mint dam and Blue
Pool dam re-constructed. |
| 1877 |
Conduit constructed
to convey water from Pok Fu Lam reservoir to City. |
| 1889 |
Original Tai Tam
scheme for City waterworks completed. |
| 1890 |
First filter-beds
constructed at Albany. |
| 1891 |
The Peak supplied
by City waterworks by pumping. |
| 1892 |
City waterworks
distribution completed. |
| 1895 |
- Total capacity
of storage reservoirs increased to 1.74 million
cubic metres.
- Kowloon waterworks to supply 1,136 cubic metres
per day opened. |
| 1897 |
Tai Tam dam raised
to bring the total storage capacity to 2.17 million
cubic metres. |
| 1899 |
Wong Nai Chung
reservoir completed. Total storage capacity increased
to 2.32 million cubic metres. |
| 1902 |
Water shortage
in the spring. Water brought in by lighters from
Tsuen Wan to the Hong Kong Island. Kowloon
Waterworks started. |
| 1904 |
Tai Tam Byewash
reservoir increased City storage capacity to 2.44
million cubic metres. |
| 1906 |
Kowloon reservoir
brought into use. |
| 1925 |
Shek Lei Pui reservoir
completed. |
| 1930 |
Water first delivered
from Kowloon to the Hong Kong Island by a 300-millimetre
diameter submarine pipeline under the harbour. |
| 1931 |
Kowloon Byewash
reservoir completed. |
| 1936 |
Shing Mun Valley
(Jubilee) reservoir completed. |
| 1939 |
With the exception
of the Shouson Hill area all water on the Hong
Kong Island and in Kowloon urban area filtered. |
| 1946 |
Water supply re-established
almost to the pre-war standard. |
| 1957 |
Tai Lam Chung reservoir
completed. |
| 1960 |
- Work started
on Plover Cove reservoir, the first fresh water
reservoir in the world to be carved out of the
sea.
- First Agreement reached with Guangdong authorities
for supplies from Guangdong. |
| 1963 |
Shek Pik reservoir
on Lantau Island completed. |
| 1964 |
Sha Tin water treatment
works Stage I with a capacity of 364,000 cubic
metres per day commissioned. |
| 1965 |
Second Agreement
reached with Guangdong authorities for incremental
supplies from Guangdong. |
| 1968 |
Plover Cove reservoir
with a capacity of l70 million cubic metres completed. |
| 1971 |
The government
decided to embark on the High Island Scheme. |
| 1973 |
Dam raising for
Plover Cove reservoir completed, bringing the
capacity to 230 million cubic metres. Hong Kong's
storage capacity trebled. |
| 1975 |
The first of the
six 30,300 cubic metre-a-day units of the Lok
On Pai Desalter came into operation. |
| 1978 |
- High Island
reservoir, with a storage capacity of 281 million
cubic metres, completed.
- Third Agreement reached with Guangdong authorities
for further incremental supplies from Guangdong.
|
| 1980 |
Amendment to Third
Agreement reached with Guangdong authorities for
further incremental supplies from Guangdong up
to 620 million cubic metres per annum by l994/95. |
| 1982 |
Shut down and moth-balling
of Lok On Pai Desalting Plant. |
| 1983 |
- First glass
reinforced plastic water main completed, having
a diameter of 2.2 metres and a length of 3.5 kilometres
for conveyance oF water from Guangdong.
- Sha Tin water treatment works last stage completed,
bringing the total capacity to 1.23 million cubic
metres per day, the largest water treatment works in
Hong Kong. |
| 1985 |
Yau Kom Tau water treatment
works stage I completed, the first water treatment works
using modern direct filtration technology with
a daily throughout of 160,000 cubic metres. |
| 1986 |
Sheung Shui water treatment
works stage I with a capacity of l00,000 cubic
metres per day commissioned. |
| 1987 |
- Fourth Agreement
reached with Guangdong authorities for further
incremental supplies from Guangdong up to 660
million cubic metres per annum.
- Implementation of Regionalization for the Supply,
Distribution and Consumer Services activities.
|
| 1989 |
- Fifth Agreement
reached with Guangdong authorities for further
incremental supplies from Guangdong up to a maximum
quantity of 1,100 million cubic metres per annum.
- Pak Kong water treatment works stage I with a capacity
of 273,000 cubic metres per day commissioned.
|
| 1990 |
All mechanical
and electrical workshop facilities were centralized
in the Mechanical and Electrical Workshop at Lung
Cheung Road and Bullock Lane Depot was handed
to Urban Council for recreational development. |
| 1991 |
Lok On Pai Desalting
plant demolished. |
| 1992 |
- Pak Kong water treatment
works stage II completed, bringing the total capacity
to 800,000 cubic metres per day, the second largest
water treatment works in Hong Kong.
- Au Tau water treatment works stage I with a capacity
of 110,000 cubic metres commissioned. |
| 1994 |
Muk Wu 'C' pumping
station commissioned, the largest pumping station
in Hong Kong. |
| 1995 |
- Yau Kom Tau
water treatment works stage II completed, increasing
the capacity to 250,000 cubic metres per day.
- Sham Tseng water treatment works stage I completed,
the first water treatment works using Dissolved Air
Flotation method for water clarification.
- Tai Po Tau 'D' pumping station commissioned.
- Au Tau water treatment works stage II completed, bringing
the total capacity to 330,000 cubic metres per
day. |
| 1996 |
- Sheung Shui
water treatment works stage II completed, bring the
total capacity to 200,000 cubic metres per day.
- Siu Ho Wan water treatment works stage I with a daily
capacity of 150,000 cubic metres completed. |
| 1997 |
Ma On Shan water treatment
works with a daily capacity of 227,000 cubic metres
completed. |
| 2000 |
- Customer Telephone
Enquiry Centre put in operation.
- Sham Tseng water treatment works stage II completed,
increasing the daily capacity from 23,000 cubic
metres to 36,500 cubic metres. |
| 2001 |
Ngau Tam Mei water treatment
works stage I completed, the first water treatment works
using ozone and biological filters with a daily
capacity of 230,000 cubic metres. |
| 2003 |
- Tai Po water treatment
works stage I with a daily capacity of 250,000 cubic
metres completed.
- The dedicated aqueduct system under the "Dongshen Water
Supply Improvement Works" projects completed. |
| 2004 |
Pilot desalination
plant at Tuen Mun Salt Water Pumping Station with
a Reverse Osmosis (RO) production of water at 240
cubic metres per day commissioned for trial run. |
| 2006 |
- A new agreement reached with
Guangdong authorities for the first-time implementation of a
flexible arrangement for Dongjiang water supply based on the
actual needs of Hong Kong.
- The pilot desalination plant was relocated from Tuen Mun to
Ap Lei Chau for further trial test under different sea water
environment. |
