The Kowloon Group of Reservoirs is located in the

Kam Shan Country Park Golden Hill Country Park or Kam Shan Country Park (), also known in Hong Kong as Monkey Hill (), established on 24 June 1977, is a country park located in the ranges north of Kowloon, Hong Kong. It covers an area of . Most of the area is covered by ...

, north of

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...

, 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 million cubic metres.

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 A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

in the

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 ...

. On completion, the capacity was 353 mg. The total cost of construction was $619,000. The

Shek Lei Pui Reservoir Shek Lei Pui Reservoir is a reservoir in Kam Shan Country Park, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is part of the Kowloon Group of Reservoirs. The total water storage capacity is 116 million gallons. Formerly the site of Shek Lei Pui Villa ...

was completed in 1925 with a capacity of 116 mg. The

Kowloon Reception Reservoir Kowloon Reception Reservoir, part of the Kowloon Group of Reservoirs, is a reservoir in Kam Shan Country Park, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. The Kowloon Reception Reservoir Jogging Trail, a circular route measuring 1.6 km long, surround ...

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 Lower Shing Mun Reservoir is a reservoir outside Shing Mun Country Park and the downstream of the dam of the Shing Mun Reservoir in the Sha Tin District of Hong Kong. Two vehicular bridges span over the valley between the Shing Mun Reservo ...

started in 2019. The project is scheduled to be 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 Butterfly Valley, or Wu Tip Kuk (), is a valley in north of Lai Chi Kok in New Kowloon of Hong Kong, located between O Pui Shan and Piper's Hill. The valley was a habitat of butterflies before Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and thus named aft ...

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

External links

Hong Kong Water Supplies Department: Kowloon Reservoir
{{Reservoirs of Hong Kong

History

Conservation

See also

References

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