The Kowloon Group of Reservoirs is located in the Kam Shan Country Park , north of Kowloon , Hong Kong. They include:
6-596: Also located in the Kam Shan Country Park is the Shek Lei Pui Reservoir. Taken together the capacity of the reservoirs is 2.9 million cubic metres. The Kowloon Reservoir was the first of the group to be built. Construction commenced in 1907 and it was completed in 1910, making it the first reservoir in the New Territories . On completion, the capacity was 353 mg. The total cost of construction
12-734: A water tunnel, 2.8 km in length and 3 m in diameter, connecting the two reservoirs. The purpose of the tunnel is to reduce the quantity of the overflow from the Kowloon Group of Reservoirs into the Lai Chi Kok Transfer Scheme (LCKTS) and to make better use of the water collected by the Kowloon Group of Reservoirs which will otherwise overflow into the Butterfly Valley and discharge into the sea. 5 Historic Structures of Kowloon Reservoir have been declared as monuments . They are: Kowloon Reservoir Kowloon Reservoir , part of
18-763: The Kowloon Group of Reservoirs , is a reservoir in Sha Tin District , Hong Kong, located within the Kam Shan Country Park . The total water storage capacity is 353 million gallons and the total cost of construction was $ 619,000. In 1898, the British took over the New Territories and New Kowloon and the Public Works Department immediately sent engineering teams to explore water sources. However,
24-533: The catchment area; and improve the dams’ walls. After the expansion, the Kowloon Reservoir provided 1.5 million gallons of water to the locals daily. The completion of the Kowloon Reservoir reduced the locals’ dependence on getting water from wells. The locals got water from the reservoir. This led to the decline of the Yau Ma Tei Pumping Station. This New Territories location article
30-414: The team found suitable valleys to build reservoirs in the west of Beacon Hill and south of Needle Hill . Construction for Kowloon Reservoir commenced in 1901 and it was completed in 1910, making it the first reservoir in the New Territories . Expansion of the Kowloon Reservoir began in 1922. It aimed to expand the filtration plant in order to have a daily output of 3.58 million gallons of water; enlarge
36-624: Was $ 619,000. The Shek Lei Pui Reservoir was completed in 1925 with a capacity of 116 mg. The Kowloon Reception Reservoir was completed in 1926. The Kowloon Byewash Reservoir was completed in 1931 with a capacity of 185 mg. Construction of a water tunnel connecting the Kowloon Byewash Reservoir to the Lower Shing Mun Reservoir started in 2019. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2022. The Inter-reservoirs Transfer Scheme (IRTS) consists mainly of
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