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Press
Release
Consultation
on water quality criteria for HATS
As part
of an ongoing study to identify the way forward for improving water
quality in Victoria Harbour, the Government is now seeking views
from different sectors, particularly from academic institutions,
green groups and professional bodies, on a set of proposed water
quality criteria.
Four different
options were put forward by an independent international panel of
experts in November 2000, for bringing a higher level of treatment
for sewage generated in the harbour area.
"The impacts
of these options are to be evaluated in terms of the environmental
acceptability of discharging treated effluent into the receiving
water bodies, principally the harbour waters," a spokesman for the
Environmental Protection Department said today (June 21).
"It is thus
necessary to develop the water quality criteria against which the
impacts of the different options can be evaluated."
A consultation
document, entitled "Harbour Area Treatment Scheme: Moving Forward",
has been issued and uploaded to the website at http://info.gov.hk/cleanharbour/.
Technical discussions
with academic institutions, green groups, professional bodies and
other groups will soon be organised by the study consultant, CDM
International Inc.
Any person who
has views on the proposed water quality criteria is welcome to send
comments by July 27, 2002 via email to hats@cdm.com.hk, by fax to
2424 9114 or by post to the HATS Project Team, CDM International
Inc, 4305 - 4312 Metroplaza Tower I, 233 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Fong.
End/Friday,
June 21, 2002
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