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Sustainability Report 2016-17

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Sustainability Report

2016-17

Key Statistics and Data

Environmental Performance

Energy Consumption




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
By DSD (302-1)
Electricity¹	GJ (Million kWh)	864,000 (240)	892,800 (248)	950,400 (264)	990,000 (275)	1,062,000 (295)
Gasoline
Pool cars	GJ (Litre)	1,046.19 (31,862)	877.48 (26,724)	893.14 (27,048)	824.63 (24,974)	627.25 (18,995)
AM cars	GJ (Litre)	4,315.08 (130,675)	4,103.83 (124,278)	3,799.29 (115,060)	3,496.86 (105,901)	3,173.29 (96,097)
Biogas²	million m³	10	9	10	10	7
Average electricity consumption per unit volume of sewage treated (302-3)	kWh	0.2388	0.2409	0.2591	0.2716	0.2896
By DSD's contractors (302-2)
Electricity	GJ (Million kWh)	Figures not available	137,952 (38.32)	23,328 (6.48)	97,798 (27.17)	56,616 (15.73)
Gasoline	GJ (Litre)	Figures not available	13,153 (398,325)	10,438 (316,101)	6,834 (187,239)	4,473 (135,461)
Diesel	GJ (Million kWh)	Figures not available	94,698 (2,594,463)	27,451 (752,080)	42,601 (1,167,162)	12,525 (343,571)

1	The total electricity consumption includes the office at Revenue Tower, Kowloon Government offices and Western Magistracy, and DSD's flood prevention and sewage treatment facilities (including sewage treatment works, sewage pumping stations and stormwater pumping stations).
2	Generated from sewage treatment works.

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions³




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
By DSD
Electricity purchased (Scope 2)(305-2)	Tonnes CO₂e	168,000	173,103	184,265	187,611	191,492
Gasoline combustion (Scope 1) (305-1)
Pool cars	Tonnes CO₂e	75.19	63.07	63.83	65.90	44.83
AM cars	Tonnes CO₂e	308.39	336.53	271.54	249.93	226.79
By DSD's contractors (305-3)
Electricity purchased (Scope 3)	Tonnes CO₂e	Figures not available	26,824	4,536	19,016	11,009
Fuel consumption (Scope 3)⁴	Tonnes CO₂e	Figures not available	7,865	2,824	3,561	1,218

3	GHG emission were calculated based on the Guidelines to Account for and Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals for buildings (Commercial, Residential or Institutional Purpose) in Hong Kong issued by the Environmental Protection Department and Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, HKSAR in February 2010.
4	Generated from stationary combustion of diesel and mobile combustion of petrol i.e. vehicle consumption.

Water Consumption




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Freshwater consumption at flood prevention and sewage treatment facilities (303-1)	m³	2,078,729	1,709,925	2,085,560	2,050,936	2,433,500
Daily reclaimed water produced at STWs	m³	1,194	1,151	1,565	1,512	1,332
Percentage of water reclaimed (303-3)	%	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.07	0.05

Sewage Treatment




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Volume of sewage treated (306-1)	Million m³	1,001	1,021	1,011	1,007	1,015
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) removed from sewage	Tonnes	100,677	109,579	115,681	124,569	151,406
Suspended solids (SS) removed from sewage		146,208	169,792	207,738	242,933	277,232
Nitrogen removed from sewage		5,310	6,067	6,820	6,551	6,683
Dewatered sludge removed from sewage		300,965	298,093	355,220	392,396	410,526
Screenings removed from sewage		13,334	13,663	15,817	15,172	14,823
Grits removed from sewage		4,741	4,903	5,429	6,631	6,513

Waste Management (306-2)




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Construction & demolition materials
C&D waste disposed of to landfills⁵	10³ kg	8,525	6,093	6,420	6,998	5,801
C&D waste disposed of to public fill areas⁵	10³ kg	765,105	584,018	238,662	235,735	170,162
Recyclable waste collected
Waste paper⁶	kg	11,983	13,284	28,918	19,360	20,587
Aluminium cans⁷	kg	14.15	14.76	30.70	19.73	29.51
Plastic bottles⁷	kg	29.92	27.78	43.70	20.71	18.76

5	Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste includes metals, paper / cardboard packaging waste, chemical waste and other wastes such as general refuse.
6	The amount of waste paper collected did not include those collected from project sites.
7	The amount of aluminium cans and plastic bottles collected did not include those collected from the Kowloon Government Offices and Western Magistracy as the data were not available.

Material consumption (301-1)




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
By DSD
Total paper consumption	Reams	11,054	10,520	10,012	9,608	9,285
A4 paper	Reams	10,696	10,080	9,452	9,357	8,992
A3 paper	Reams	358	440	470	251	293
Purchased paper with recycled content	Reams (% of total paper purchased)	11,054 (100%)	10,520 (100%)	10,012 (100%)	9,608 (100%)	9,285 (100%)
Paper consumed per staff (By establishment)	Reams	6.0	5.6	5.3	5.0	4.8
By DSD's contractors
Rebar	Tonnes	Figures not available			7,165	10,643
Steel	Tonnes				3,171	3,402
Bricks	m³				30	5,817
Cement	Tonnes				2,406	2,248
Cement Mortar	m³				263	640
Concrete	m³				50,616	73,175
Sand	Tonnes				12,586	24,117
Stones	Tonnes				9,617	31,898
Office paper	Tonnes				27	40

Greening




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Trees Planted	No.	1,996	2,169	570	2,300	10,000
Area of Green Roof Added	m²	3,200	4,902	6,051	4,015	4,200
Electricity Generated from Biogas	Million kWh	30	27	28	32	21

Social Performance

Staff




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Staff Establishment (102-7)	No.	1,856	1,862	1,883	1,914	1,937
Directorate	No.	18	18	18	18	18
Professional	No.	292	292	306	310	310
Technical & Site Supervisory	No.	820	827	838	865	884
General & Common Grades	No.	525	526	524	526	531
Model Scale I	No.	201	199	197	195	194
Training
Training courses⁸	No.	278	584	624	654	674⁹
Trainees	No.	9,848	6,574	7,159	8,019	9,042
Training hours received	Hours	52,597	54,517	57,600	58,520	57,737
Average Training Hours per Staff¹⁰	Hours	28.3	31.6	31.8	33.0	33.4
Total expenditure on training⁸	HK$	4,756,800	3,856,237	4,201,000	3,585,011	3,046,283¹¹
Injury (403-2)
Staff injury cases¹²	No.	12	10	11	13	7
No. of sick leave for officers injured on duty	Days	1,237	603	914.5	870.5	800.5¹³

8	The number includes internal and external seminars/ workshops/ training courses/ visits.
9	The number includes training courses held by CSTDI and staff-in itiated external courses.
10	Based on the staff strength.
11	It includes local training only.
12	The definition of staff injury cases is the reported cases of occupational injuries, under Employee's Compensation Ordinance, resulting in death or incapacity for work over 3 days.
13	The number includes sick leave days granted in 2015-16 but enjoyed in 2016-17.

Staff Breakdown in 2016-17




	Unit	By Strength
No. of Staff (102-8)	No.	1,729
By Post
Directorate	%	1.0
Professional	%	16.8
Technical & Site Supervisory	%	48.3
General & Common Grades	%	26.4
Model Scale I	%	7.5
By Employment Type (102-8)
Full-time	%	100
Part-time	%	0
By Employment Contract (102-8)
Permanent (Male)	%	82.6
Permanent (Female)	%	17.4
By Age
Age 20-29	%	8.9
Age 30-39	%	20.5
Age 40-49	%	24.9
Age 50-59	%	44.0
Age 60 or above	%	1.7
By Ethnicity
Local	%	100
Non-local	%	0
By Gender (102-8)
Male	%	82.6
Female	%	17.4

Senior Management Breakdown in 2016-17




	Unit	By Strength
No. of Staff (102-8)	No.	6
By Age
Age 20-29	%	0
Age 30-39	%	0
Age 40-49	%	0
Age 50-59	%	100
Age 60 or above	%	0
By Ethnicity
Local	%	100
Non-local	%	0
By Gender
Male	%	100
Female	%	0

Training Hours Breakdown in 2016-17¹⁴




Type of Staff	No. of Staff	Training Hours Received (Hours)	Training Hours Per Staff (Hours)
Directorate Staff	18	1,737	96.5
Professional Grade Staff	290	24,190	83.4
Technical, Site Supervisory, General Grade and Model Scale I Staff	1,421	31,810	22.3

Staff Turnover in 2016-17¹⁵




	Unit	Male	Female
Age 20-29	No.	2	0
Age 30-39	No.	2	0
Age 40-49	No.	2	0
Age 50-59	No.	9	3
Age 60 or above	No.	68	6

New Employee Hires in 2016-17¹⁶




	Unit	Male	Female
No. of New Employee Hires	No.	76	19
By Age
Age 20-29	No.	33	12
Age 30-39	No.	22	3
Age 40-49	No.	12	1
Age 50-59	No.	9	3
Age 60 or above	No.	0	0

14	As there is no distinct requirement regarding receiving training in terms of gender, therefore we do not report the data broken down by gender.
15	The staff turnover figures exclude those General/Common Grades' staff on inter-department transfer.
16	The above figures involve staff with their 1st appointment date falling within the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017.

Accident Rate (403-2)




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Number of fatalities
No. of Fatalities	No.	0	2	0	1	0
Construction and maintenance works carried out directly by DSD's staff	No.	0	0	0	0	0
Construction and maintenance works undertaken by DSD's contractors	No.	0	2 (Male)	0	1 (Male)	0
Fatal accident rate per 100,000 man-hours
Construction and maintenance works carried out directly by DSD's staff¹⁷	-	0	0	0	0	0
Construction and maintenance works undertaken by DSD's contractors¹⁷	-	0	0.012	0	0.011	0
Number of non-fatal accidents
Construction and maintenance works carried out directly by DSD's staff¹⁷	No.	12	10	11	13	7
Construction and maintenance works undertaken by DSD's contractors¹⁷	No.	36	36	18	14	8
Non-fatal accident rate per 100,000 man-hours
Construction and maintenance works carried out directly by DSD's staff¹⁷	-	0.18	0.15	0.17	0.20	0.10
Construction and maintenance works undertaken by DSD's contractors¹⁷	-	0.19	0.21	0.13	0.16	0.11

Community Work and Charitable Contributions (203-2)




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Total number of voluntary work hours carried out by our staff	Hours	589	800	1,000	1,200	1,115
Number of voluntary projects completed	No.	18	21	25	27	20
Employee fundraising	HK$ thousands	56	67	73	65	53

17	We currently do not collect these figures by gender.

Economic Performance

The two major types of expenses in DSD are operational expenses and public works project expenses. Our day-to-day departmental operation is financed by the General Revenue Account of the Government, while funding for public works projects are approved on a project-by-project basis by the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council. To ensure public funds are used effectively, we strive to enhance operation efficiency by adopting new technologies and management practices.

Operating Expenditure (201-1)




		Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Recurrent Expenditure	Personal Emoluments	$M	769.3	793.5	839.8	882.3	917.2
Recurrent Expenditure	Departmental Expenses¹⁸	$M	1,141.4	1,178.9	1,286.4	1,487.8	1,646.9
Non-recurrent Expenditure		$M	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total		$M	1,910.7	1,972.4	2,126.2	2,370.1	2,564.1

Capital Works Project Expenditure




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Value of drainage projects under planning, design and construction	$M	11,288	12,311	12,975	13,983	14,445
Value of sewerage projects under planning, design and construction	$M	49,872	78,749	80,483	72,402	70,093
No. of drainage projects under planning, design and construction	No.	20	20	17	18	18
No. of sewerage projects under planning, design and construction	No.	77	87	81	73	69

18	It included expenses on Mandatory Provident Fund & Civil Servic e Provident Fund.

Sewage Services Operating Accounts




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17¹⁹
Sewage Charge Revenue	$M	776	875	955	1,047	1,161
Trade Effluent Surcharge Revenue	$M	207	222	227	222	232
Other Revenue	$M	40	44	45	48	45
Overall Revenue	$M	1,023	1,141	1,227	1,317	1,438
Expenditure (excluding depreciation)	$M	(1,538)	(1,593)	(1,759)	(2,149)	(2,341)
Depreciation	$M	(808)	(851)	(840)	(1,043)	(1,517)
Overall Expenditure	$M	(2,346)	(2,444)	(2,599)	(3,192)	(3,858)
(Deficit)	$M	(1,323)	(1,303)	(1,372)	(1,875)	(2,420)

Sewage Services Operating Cost Recovery Rate²⁰




	Unit	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17¹⁹
Revenue of Sewage Charge and Trade Effluent Surcharge	$M	1,182	1,269	1,393
Expenditure (excluding depreciation) of Sewage Charge and Trade Effluent Surcharge²¹	$M	1,715	2,101	2,296
Operating Cost Recovery Rate	%	68.9	60.4	60.7

Sewage Service Charge Consumption and Payment Statistics




	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17¹⁹
Number of water accounts (in thousand)	2,820	2,860	2,881	2,907	2,955
Number of water accounts liable to pay sewage charge (in thousand)	2,610	2,640	2,663	2,689	2,735
Number of Accounts - Trade Effluent Surcharge (TES) (in thousand)	22	23	24	25	27

19	The 2016-17 figures are provisional and subject to endorsement by the Sewage Services Accounts Committee.
20	“Miscellaneous services” are excluded from the revenues and expenditure in this table.
21	Depreciation is not recovered through the Sewage Charge and Trade Effluent Surcharge at present.

Routine Services

Number of Enquiries about Sewage Services Received for the Past Five Years

Business Reclassification Applications Handled for the Past Five Years

Number of New TES Accounts Identified for the Past Five Years

Water consumption of Sewered Accounts (555 Million m³) - Customers Pattern in 2016-17

Water consumption of Sewered Accounts (555 Million m3) - Customers Pattern in 2016-17

Domestic Accounts - Sewage Charge Payment Pattern in 2016-17 (HK$/month)

TES Accounts - TES Payment Pattern in 2016-17 (HK$/month)

Sewage Charge ($1,161 M) - Revenue Pattern by Type in 2016-17²²

Trade Effluent Surcharge ($232 M) - Revenue Pattern by Type in 2016-17²²

Sewage Charge and Trade Effluent Surcharge ($1,393 M) - Revenue Pattern by Type in 2016-17²²

Other Key Statistics




	Unit	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Flood Prevention
Total Number of Flooding Blackspots	No.	13	11	10	8	7
Sewage Treatment
Coverage of public sewerage (population percentage)²³	-	93.3%	93.4%	93.4%	93.5%	93.5%
Total length of sewerage network	km	1,683	1,695	1,700	1,700	1,755
Total no. of sewage treatment facilities	No.	292	293	297	300	304
Volume of Sewage Treated	Million m³	1,001	1,021	1,011	1,007	1,015
By Preliminary Treatment		306	303	228	138	45
By Primary Treatment		5	5	5	5	5
By Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment (CEPT)		525	541	606	690	779
By Secondary Treatment		165	172	172	174	186
By Tertiary Treatment		0.2	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.17

22	The figures are provisional only and are subject to endorsement by the Sewage Services Accounts Committee.
23	Based on the number of domestic water bill accounts with sewage charges levied.