Reservoirs in Hong Kong are spread fairly evenly over the entire 1,103 km² of Hong Kong. There is plenty of space for small reservoirs in Hong Kong, as the hilly areas provide valleys suitable for water storage. However, the larger reservoirs, i.e. High Island Reservoir and Plover Cover Reservoir, were built differently. Dams were built where the reservoir's edge was proposed to be, and sea water was drained out, and in went fresh water. Chinese people in Hong Kong have adopted many western folkways, but a substantial number of them still adhere to traditional Chinese traditions on various aspects of social living; for instance family solidarity, “courtesy and face” in interpersonal relationship. ... Hong Kong, a coastal city in southern China, has evolved from a fishing village, salt production site, trading and military port into an international financial center that enjoys the worlds ninth highest GNP per capita,[1] and supports a third of foreign capital flows into China. ... Politics of Hong Kong takes place in a framework of a political system dominated by the Peoples Republic of China, an own legislature, the Chief Executive as the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... The Ashokan Reservoir, located in Ulster County, New York, USA. It supplies New York City with drinking water. ... Fljótsdalur in East Iceland, a rather flat valley Mt. ...

Reservoirs for drinking water

New Territories

• High Island Reservoir (萬宜水庫)
• Plover Cove Reservoir (船灣淡水湖)
• Shing Mun Reservoirs (城門水塘)
  • Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir (城門水塘)
  • Lower Shing Mun Reservoir (下城門水塘)
• Tai Lam Chung Reservoir (大欖涌水塘)

The High Island Reservoir, located in the far south eastern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula, was opened in 1978 helping to alleviate water shortage problems in Hong Kong. ... Plover Cove Reservoir (船灣淡水湖), located in northeastern New Territories, is the largest reservoir in Hong Kong in terms of area, and the second-largest in terms of volume. ... Shing Mun Reservoir (城門水塘) (also Jubilee Reservoir, 銀禧水塘) is a reservoir in Shing Mun, the area between Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin, of Hong Kong. ... Shing Mun Reservoir (城門水塘) (also Jubilee Reservoir, 銀禧水塘) is a reservoir in Shing Mun, the area between Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin, of Hong Kong. ...

Kowloon

• Kowloon Group of Reservoirs (九龍水塘)
  • Kowloon Reservoir (九龍水塘)
  • Kowloon Byewash Reservoir (九龍副水塘)
  • Kowloon Reception Reservoir (九龍接收水塘)
  • Shek Lei Pui Reservoir (石梨貝水塘)

Hong Kong Island

• Aberdeen Reservoirs (香港仔水塘)
  • Aberdeen Upper Reservoir (香港仔上水塘)
  • Aberdeen Lower Reservoir (香港仔下水塘)
• Pok Fu Lam Reservoir (薄扶林水塘)
• Tai Tam Reservoirs (大潭水塘)
  • Tai Tam Upper Reservoir (大潭上水塘)
  • Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir (大潭副水塘)
  • Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir (大潭中水塘)
  • Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir (大潭篤水塘)
• Wong Nai Chung Reservoir (黃泥涌水塘)

Tai Tam Tuk Reservior (the photograph was taken on the main dam) The Tai Tam Reservoirs (Chinese: 大潭水塘) are reservoirs located in the Tai Tam Country Park in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, China. ...

Lantau Island

• Shek Pik Reservoir (石壁水塘)

Shek Pik Reservoir (石壁水塘) is a reservoir in Shek Pik of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. ...

Reservoirs for irrigation

• Ho Pui Reservoir (河背水塘)
• Hok Tau Reservoir (鶴藪水塘)
• Hung Shui Hang Reservoir (洪水坑水塘)
• Lam Tei Reservoir (藍地水塘)
• Lau Shui Heung Reservoir (流水響水塘)
• Sham Tseng Settlement Basin (深井聚水塘)
• Shap Long Reservoir (十塱水塘)
• Tsing Tam Reservoirs (清潭水塘)
  • Upper Tsing Tam Reservoir (上清潭水塘)
  • Lower Tsing Tam Reservoir (下清潭水塘)
• Wong Nai Tun Reservoir (黃泥墩水塘)

Reservoirs for flushing water

• Jordan Valley Reservoir (佐敦谷水塘) - closed in late 1970s.

References

• This article draws information from the corresponding article in Chinese Wikipedia.
• 2007. 2007 Hong Kong Map. Easy Finder Ltd. ISBN 962-8751-15-8

Easy Finder (壹本便利) is a Chinese weekly magazine which was first published on September 13, 1991 in Hong Kong. ...

See also

• Hong Kong Country Parks & Special Areas
• List of reservoirs and dams
• Water supply in Hong Kong

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External links

• Reservoirs of Hong Kong - in Chinese