Construction of Yuen Long Bypass Floodway

Environmental Impact Monitoring

Exceedance Summary

 

 

 

Date

Station

Parameter

Measurement Result

Compliance Level

Level exceeded

Exceedance due to Project

15 August 06

W1

DO

3.8 mg/L

> 4 mg/L

Compliance

No

 

 (a) Statement of exceedance

     The DO level at Station W1 did not complied with the Compliance level.

 

(b) Causes of exceedance

According to our field observation, the non-compliance was due to natural fluctuation of water quality at Kam Tin River but not due to the project because of the following reasons:-

·            There was no construction activity adjacent to the station during monitoring.

·            The measured DO level was within the range recorded in the baseline monitoring, i.e. 2.2  to 9.4mg/L

 

(c) Action required under the action plan

N/A