Hung Shui Hang Reservoir (also known as Tan Kwai Hang Reservoir or Hung Shui Hang Irrigation Reservoir) is a reservoir located to the north of

Kau Keng Shan Kau Keng Shan ( Cantonese: 九逕山) is a hill in Tuen Mun, the New Territories, Hong Kong and stands opposite from Castle Peak. Kau Keng Shan has a height of . During the Ming dynasty era (1368–1644), the area around the hill was used as a def ...

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more re ...

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

, Hong Kong. It is located at the northwestern edge of

Tai Lam Country Park Tai Lam Country Park, established on 23 February 1979, is a country park located in Tai Lam, at the south of Yuen Long Town, Kam Tin and Shek Kong and east of Tuen Mun Town, in the western New Territories of Hong Kong. This country park has an a ...

and less than one kilometre away from

Lam Tei Reservoir Lam Tei Reservoir (also known as Lo Fu Hang Reservoir or Lam Tei Irrigation Reservoir) is a funnel-shaped reservoir located at the back hill of Lingnan University in Fu Tei, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong with an area of 17,000 m2 and a water storage cap ...

. Like Lam Tei Reservoir, it is part of

Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Tai Lam Chung Reservoir is a reservoir in Tai Lam Country Park, Tuen Mun District, New Territories, Hong Kong. Tai Lam Chung Reservoir is the first reservoir built in Hong Kong after the Second World War. The construction work of the reservoi ...

's further water supply plan and an irrigation reservoir. The reservoir is divided into two reservoirs. The water from the reservoir flows through Tan Kwai Tsuen and Chung Uk Tsuen and then through

Hung Shui Kiu Hung Shui Kiu is an area between Ping Shan and Lam Tei, in the western part of the New Territories of Hong Kong. It covers parts of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun districts. It is a largely rural residential area. Several Housing Authority blocks a ...

, passing through the west side of

Tin Shui Wai Tin Shui Wai New Town is a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. Originally a ' fish pond area, it was developed in the 1980s as the second new town in Yuen Long District and the eighth in Hong Kong. It is due northw ...

and finally empties into the Deep Bay.

Usage

The reservoir is mainly used to irrigate agricultural land in the

Yuen Long Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north Nam Sang W ...

area, but it is remote and inaccessible due to its remoteness. It is close to the Lam Tei Quarry and there are no picnic facilities nearby, hence it is rarely visited on weekdays and holidays.

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External links

Reservoirs of Hong Kong (3) New Territories West (in Chinese)
{{Reservoirs of Hong Kong Reservoirs in Hong Kong Lam Tei

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