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Kowloon Group of Reservoirs

Field	Value
name	Kowloon Group of Reservoirs
native_name	zh
location	Kam Shan Country Park, Kowloon
type	Reservoirs
inflow	Rainfall
basin_countries	Hong Kong
designation	Monuments of Hong Kong
*Kowloon Reservoir: {{convert	1578000	m3	abbr	on}}
*Kowloon Byewash Reservoir: {{convert	800000	m3	abbr	on}}
*Kowloon Reception Reservoir: {{convert	121000	m3	abbr	on}}
elevation	210-280 m
pushpin_map	Hong Kong
mapframe	yes

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Kowloon Reservoir:
Kowloon Byewash Reservoir:
Kowloon Reception Reservoir:
Kowloon Reservoir: 1578000 m3
Kowloon Byewash Reservoir: 800000 m3
Kowloon Reception Reservoir: 121000 m3

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The Kowloon Group of Reservoirs is located in the Kam Shan Country Park, north of Kowloon, Hong Kong. They include:

Kowloon Reservoir
Kowloon Byewash Reservoir
Kowloon Reception Reservoir (Eption Reservoir)

Also located in the Kam Shan Country Park is the Shek Lei Pui Reservoir. Taken together the capacity of the reservoirs is 2.9 e6m3

History

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 1.42 e6m3 with the total cost of construction coming in at $619,000.

The Shek Lei Pui Reservoir was completed in 1925 with a capacity of 440000 m3.

The Kowloon Reception Reservoir was completed in 1926.

The Kowloon Byewash Reservoir was completed in 1931 with a capacity of 700000 m3.

Construction of a water tunnel connecting the Kowloon Byewash Reservoir to the Lower Shing Mun Reservoir started in 2019 and was completed in 2022. The Inter-reservoirs Transfer Scheme (IRTS) consists mainly of 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.

Conservation

5 Historic Structures of Kowloon Reservoir have been declared as monuments. They are:

Main Dam (1901-1910)
Main Dam Valve House (1901-1910)
Spillway Dam (1901-1910)
Spillway Dam Recorder House (1901-1910)
Recorder House (1901-1910)

References

"Hong Kong Water Supply – Kowloon Reservoir". The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group.
(25 June 2019). "PWP No. 4108CD. West Kowloon Drainage Improvement – Inter-reservoirs Transfer Scheme (IRTS)". [[Drainage Services Department]].
(September 2006). "PWP Item No. 4108CD - West Kowloon Drainage Improvement - Lai Chi Kok Transfer Scheme. Inter-reservoirs Transfer Scheme. Water Tunnel between Kowloon Byewash Reservoir and Lower Shing Mun Reservoir. Project Profile". [[Drainage Services Department]].
"5 Historic Structures of Kowloon Reservoir". [[Antiquities and Monuments Office]].

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