Major Sewerage Projects
Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS), Stage I
Harbour Area Treatment Scheme
(HATS), Stage I |
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Aim :
Improve water quality in Victoria Harbour by collecting
70% of sewage generated from urban areas around Victoria
Harbour for centralized treatment |
Scope:
Construct a 23.6 km deep tunnel system, a sewage treatment
works (STW) at Stonecutters Island and a 1.7-km submarine
outfall |
Services
area: Kowloon peninsula, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi,
Tseung Kwan O, Shau Kei Wan and Chai Wan |
Progress:
The Stonecutters Islands STW and the outfall completed
and in operation since May 1997 and July 1999 respectively.
The Stage I works have been fully commissioned in Dec
2001 and the system is now treating 1.3 million cu. m.
of sewage everyday |
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Project Cost ($M) |
8,230 |
% Completed |
100% |
Start Date |
Early 1994 |
Completion |
End 2001 |
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Sewerage Master Plan (SMP) Works
Hong Kong Island South SMP |
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Aim :
Improve the sewerage system on Hong Kong Island South
in order to protect bathing beaches from pollution and
to meet development needs |
Scope:
Construct and improve 32 km of sewers, 17 pumping stations,
a sewage treatment plant at Shek O, an underground sewage
treatment plant at Stanley, and a 2.3 km long submarine
outfall |
Services
area: Hong Kong Island South from Shouson Hill
to Shek O |
Progress:
All works were completed |
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Project Cost ($M) |
922 |
% Completed |
100% |
Start Date |
Mid 1990 |
Completion |
Early 2000 |
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Chai Wan & Shau Kei Wan SMP |
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Aim :
Improve the sewerage system in Chai Wan and Shau Kei Wan |
Scope:
Improve and construct 1.7 km of sewers in the areas |
Services
area: Chai Wan and Shau Kei Wan |
Progress:
Works completed |
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Project Cost ($M) |
25 |
% Completed |
100% |
Start Date |
Early 1995 |
Completion |
End 1997 |
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Aim :
Improve the sewerage system in San Po Kong, Kowloon Bay
and Kwun Tong in order to improve water quality of neighboring
waters |
Scope:
Construct and improve 17.3 km of sewers, 7 dry weather
flow interceptors and rectify expedient connections in
industrial areas in San Po Kong, Kowloon Bay and Kwun
Tong |
Services
area: San Po Kong, Kowloon Bay and Kwun Tong |
Progress:
Works substantially completed |
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Project Cost ($M) |
868 |
% Completed |
100% |
Start Date |
Mid 1991 |
Completion |
End 2001 |
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Aim :
Improve the sewerage system in Sham Shui Po, Mong Kok
and Yau Ma Tei so as to improve the water quality of the
receiving waters |
Scope:
Construct and improve 24.4 km of sewers, 2 pumping stations,
13 dry weather flow interceptors and rectify expedient
connections in industrial areas in Sham Shui Po, Mong
Kok and Yau Ma Tei |
Services
area: Sham Shui Po, Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei |
Progress:
About 90% of the works already completed |
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Project Cost ($M) |
978 |
% Completed |
90% |
Start Date |
End 1992 |
Completion |
Early 2003 |
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Aim :
Improve water quality in Tolo Harbour |
Scope:
Provide public sewerage facilities to 169 unsewered areas
in Shatin and Tai Po |
Services
area: Shatin and Tai Po |
Progress:
Provision of public sewerage systems to 46 unsewered areas
was completed. Construction of public sewerage facilities
for another 27 unsewered areas is in progress |
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Project Cost ($M) |
931 |
% Completed |
26% |
Start Date |
Mid 1993 |
Completion |
2013 |
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Aim :
Collect sewage generated on Lantau Island, Lamma Island,
Peng Chau and Cheung Chau for proper treatment and disposal |
Scope:
Construct and improve about 20 km of sewers, 4 pumping
stations, 7 sewage treatment plants and 4 outfalls on
Outlying Islands under Stage 1 works |
Services
area: Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Peng Chau and
Cheung Chau |
Progress:
For Lantau Island, the upgrading works at Mui Wo sewage
treatment plant were completed in May 2000 and the upgrading
works at Siu Ho Wan sewage treatment plant commenced in
Mid 2001. The sewerage works for Ngong Ping are at the
EIA study and investigation/design stage. The construction
works will commence in end 2003. The upgrading works at
Cheung Chau sewage treatment plant commenced in Sep 2000.
The sewerage works for Peng Chau will commence in end
2002. The review on Stage 2 works has just been completed |
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Project Cost ($M) |
1,397 |
% Completed |
3% |
Start Date |
Early 1998 |
Completion |
- |
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Aim :
Improve water quality within the Port Shelter water control
zone |
Scope:
Construct about 64 km of sewers, 23 pumping stations and
12 km of rising mains to collect sewage from 17 unsewered
areas in the Port Shelter catchment |
Services
area: Sai Kung, Pak Sha Wan and Silverstrand |
Progress:
Stage 1 works and part of Stage 2 works were completed,
covering about 13 km of sewers, 6 pumping stations and
2 km of rising mains. Design of Stage 2 remaining works
and Stage 3 works is in progress |
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Project Cost ($M) |
569 |
% Completed |
21% |
Start Date |
End 1993 |
Completion |
2008 |
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Aim :
Provide sewerage facilities to unsewered areas in North
District and improve the sewerage system to meet development
needs |
Scope:
Upgrade capacity and treatment level of Shek Wu Hui STW
and construct 16 km of trunk sewers, 25 pumping stations
and provide public sewers to 74 villages in North District |
Services
area: North District |
Progress:
Upgrading Shek Wu Hui STW was completed. About 3 km of
trunk sewers along Sha Tau Kok Road were completed. About
0.6 km of trunk sewers and 2 pumping stations along Castle
Peak Road were completed. Construction of sewers for 4
unsewered areas is in progress |
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Project Cost ($M) |
1,120 |
% Completed |
35% |
Start Date |
End 1997 |
Completion |
2010 |
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Aim :
Improve water quality in Deep Bay and local watercourses
and provide new sewerage facilities to meet developments
needs |
Scope:
Improve about 7 km of sewers in Yuen Long Town, construct
3 km of flow diversion sewer from Yuen Long STP to San
Wai STP, construct about 50 km of trunk sewers and provide
public sewerage system to 43 unsewered villages in NWNT,
and expand the existing San Wai STP |
Services
area: NWNT |
Progress:
Improvement to Yuen Long Town sewers and flow diversion
sewer completed. Construction works for the trunk sewers
in the Yuen Long East started in July 2001 while that
in the Yuen Long south will start in end 2002. Design
of the remaining works is in progress |
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Project Cost ($M) |
2,793 |
% Completed |
4% |
Start Date |
End 1993 |
Completion |
- |
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Aim :
Provide sewerage facilities to unsewered areas in Tuen
Mun and improve the sewerage system to meet development
needs |
Scope:
Construct 2.2 km of trunk sewers, 6 pumping stations,
2 low-flow interceptors, provide public sewers to 25 unsewered
villages in Tuen Mun, and upgrade Pillar Point STW |
Services
area: Tuen Mun |
Progress:
Construction of Ho Pong Street pumping station, Yuen Long-Tuen
Mun corridor trunk sewer, and Tuen Mun Road and Siu Hong
Road low-flow interceptors completed |
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Project Cost ($M) |
1,061 |
% Completed |
8% |
Start Date |
Mid 1995 |
Completion |
- |
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Aberdeen, Ap Lei Chau and Pokfulam SMP |
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Aim :
Improve the sewerage system in Aberdeen, Ap Lei Chau and
Pok Fu Lam to meet development needs |
Scope:
Upgrade the existing Aberdeen Sewage Screening Plant,
construct 3.4 km of trunk sewers from Wong Chuk Hang to
the plant, improve 15.5 km of branch sewers, and rectify
the expedient connections in the areas |
Services
area: Aberdeen, Ap Lei Chau and Pok Fu Lam |
Progress:
Installation of trunk sewer by pipe jacking method was
completed. Construction of branch sewers and pumping station
is in progress. Detailed design of Stage 2 works is in
progress |
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Project Cost ($M) |
472 |
% Completed |
80% |
Start Date |
Mid 1998 |
Completion |
2007 |
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Central, Western & Wan Chai West SMP |
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Aim :
Improve the sewerage system in Central, Western
and Wan Chai West to meet development needs and rectify
improper connections in the catchment area |
Scope:
Construct 5.6 km of trunk sewers, 35 km of reticulation
sewers and 2 new pumping stations at Wan Chai and Central |
Services
area: Central, Western and Wan Chai West |
Progress:
Trunk sewer works under Stage 1 were completed. The Stage
2 phase 1 works have started in October 2001 |
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Project Cost ($M) |
2,589 |
% Completed |
60% |
Start Date |
End 1996 |
Completion |
2007 |
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Wan Chai East & North Point SMP |
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Aim :
Improve the sewerage system in Wan Chai East and
North Point |
Scope:
Construct and improve 16.8 km of sewers and a new pumping
station in the North Point Sewage Screening Plant |
Services
area: Wan Chai East and North Point |
Progress:
About 3.5 km of sewers completed |
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Project Cost ($M) |
1,876 |
% Completed |
10% |
Start Date |
Early 1998 |
Completion |
- |
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Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung & Tsing
Yi SMP |
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Aim :
Improve the sewerage system in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi and to provide a new sewerage system in Ting Kau, Sham Tseng and Tsing Lung Tau to meet development needs |
Scope:
Construct and improve 14.2 km of sewers, an industrial wastewater pumping station, and rectify expedient connections in the industrial areas in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi; construct a sewage treatment plant, a submarine outfall, 8 km of trunk sewers and 7 km of branch sewers to villages in Ting Kau, Sham Tseng and Tsing Lung Tau |
Services
area: Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Ting Kau, Sham Tseng and Tsing Lung Tau |
Progress:
Sewer improvement, industrial wastewater pumping station and rectification of expedient connections in industrial areas in Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi completed. Reclamation for Sham Tseng sewage treatment plant, and construction of 2 km of trunk sewers and 3.5 km of branch sewers were completed. Construction of the Sham Tseng sewage treatment plant commenced in mid 2001 |
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Project Cost ($M) |
1,225 |
% Completed |
52% |
Start Date |
End 1994 |
Completion |
2006 |
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North & South Kowloon SMP |
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Aim :
Improve the sewerage system in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hung
Hom Bay reclamation, Hung Hom, To Kwa Wan and Wong Tai
Sin so as to improve the water quality of the receiving
waters |
Scope:
Construct and improve 11.6 km of sewers, 2 pumping stations,
8 dry weather flow interceptors and expand an existing
pumping station in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hung Hom Bay reclamation,
Hung Hom, To Kwa Wan and Wong Tai Sin |
Services
area: Tsim Sha Tsui, Hung Hom Bay reclamation,
Hung Hom, To Kwa Wan and Wong Tai Sin |
Progress:
All Stage I works substantially completed. Design of Stage
2 works started in end 2001 |
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Project Cost ($M) |
1,030 |
% Completed |
70% |
Start Date |
Early 1995 |
Completion |
2009 |
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Aim :
Improve water quality in Tseung Kwan O |
Scope:
Construct 5.5 km of sewers and 2 pumping stations to 9
unsewered villages in Tseung Kwan O |
Services
area: Tseung Kwan O |
Progress:
Design of the works is in progress |
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Project Cost ($M) |
33 |
% Completed |
- |
Start Date |
2005 |
Completion |
2007 |
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Other Major Sewerage Projects
Tolo Harbour Effluent Export Scheme (THEES) |
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Aim :
Remove nutrient and improve water quality in Tolo Harbour |
Scope:
Export treated effluent from Tai Po and Shatin STWs to
Victoria Harbour via pipelines and tunnel |
Services
area: Shatin and Tai Po |
Progress:
Effluent export scheme fully operational |
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Project Cost ($M) |
910 |
% Completed |
100% |
Start Date |
Mid 1990 |
Completion |
End 1996 |
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Improve sewage treatment facilities on Hei Ling Chau and at Sha Tsui
Detention Centre on Lantau Island |
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Aim :
Improve water quality in Southern waters |
Scope:
Improve sewage treatment facilities on Hei Ling Chau and
at Sha Tsui Detention Centre on Lantau Island |
Services
area: Hei Ling Chau and southern Lantau Island |
Progress:
The works were substantially completed in Mar 2002 |
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Project Cost ($M) |
196 |
% Completed |
100% |
Start Date |
End 2000 |
Completion |
Early 2002 |
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Shatin Sewage Treatment Works - Stage III Extension |
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Aim :
Improve water quality in Tolo Harbour |
Scope:
Stage III extension of Shatin STW |
Services
area: Shatin and Ma On Shan |
Progress:
Phase 1 works commenced in Feb 2001. Phase 2 works commenced
in Mar 2002 |
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Project Cost ($M) |
1,847 |
% Completed |
12% |
Start Date |
Early 2001 |
Completion |
End 2007 |
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Tai Po Sewage Treatment Works - Stage V |
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Aim :
Improve water quality in Tolo Harbour |
Scope:
Stage V development of Tai Po STW |
Services
area: Tai Po |
Progress:
Design of Tai Po STW Stage V in progress |
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Project Cost ($M) |
756 |
% Completed |
4% |
Start Date |
Early 2004 |
Completion |
- |
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