Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works

Coordinates: 22°24′24″N 114°12′49″E / 22.4066°N 114.2136°E / 22.4066; 114.2136
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Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works
Hanyu Pinyin
Shā​tián Wū​shuǐ​chǔ​lǐ​chǎng
Yue: Cantonese
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Sha Tin Hoi and Ma On Shan
are in the background.
Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works

Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works (

Sha Tin Hoi
(Tide Cove).

The treatment works serves Sha Tin, Ma On Shan and the villages nearby.[2] The plant is managed by the Drainage Services Department.[2]

It was then extended in several stages. Stage I was first commissioned in 1982[2] with stage II following in 1986. Stage III was completed in September 2004.[3]

Construction work to move the sewage treatment facility to an artificial cave within

Nui Po Shan, a nearby mountain, started in 2021.[4]

References

  1. ^ Drainage Services Department contact
  2. ^ a b c Sha Tin sewage treatment works open to the public[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Shatin Sewage Treatment Works Expansion and Upgrade
  4. ^ Yeo, Rachel (25 March 2021). "Construction of a cave to relocate sewage treatment plant and free up 28 hectares of land to start in Hong Kong later this year". South China Morning Post.

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