Drinking Water

Drinking water samples are collected once every three months from the distribution taps at Kowloon and Tuen Mun as well as the treatment works at Sha Tin, Tuen Mun and Yau Kom Tau. Raw drinking water samples are collected from the High Island Reservoir, the Plover Cove Reservoir, the Muk Wu B Pumping Station and the treatment works at Sha Tin, Tuen Mun and Yau Kom Tau. Measurements of the radioactivity of these samples are carried out at the Radiation Laboratory at King's Park.