Reservoirs in Hong Kong are spread fairly evenly over the entire 1,104 km² of

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. There is plenty of space for small

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 ...

s in Hong Kong, as the hilly areas provide

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...

s suitable for water storage. However, the larger reservoirs, i.e. High Island Reservoir and Plover Cove Reservoir, were built differently. Dams were built where the reservoir's edge was proposed to be, sea water was drained out and replaced with fresh water.

Drinking-water reservoirs

New Territories

High Island Reservoir The High Island Reservoir, located in the far south eastern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula, was opened in 1978 helping to alleviate water scarcity, water shortage problems in Hong Kong. Its water capacity is approximately 273 million cubic ...

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Plover Cove Reservoir Plover Cove Reservoir, located within Plover Cove Country Park, in the northeastern New Territories, is the largest reservoir in Hong Kong in terms of area, and the second-largest in terms of volume. It is the world's first freshwater coastal ...

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Shing Mun Reservoir Shing Mun Reservoir is a reservoir in Hong Kong. It is located in Shing Mun, the area between Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin, in the New Territories. History Several hundreds years ago, the area around the reservoir was a dense forest with very few in ...

s () **Shing Mun Reservoir, Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir () **Lower Shing Mun Reservoir () *Tai Lam Chung Reservoir ()

Kowloon

*Kowloon Group of Reservoirs () **Kowloon Reservoir () **Kowloon Byewash Reservoir () **Kowloon Reception Reservoir () **Shek Lei Pui Reservoir ()

Hong Kong Island

*Aberdeen Reservoirs () **Aberdeen Upper Reservoir () **Aberdeen Lower Reservoir () *Pok Fu Lam Reservoir () *Tai Tam Reservoirs () **Tai Tam Upper Reservoir () **Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir () **Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir () **Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir () *Wong Nai Chung Reservoir ()

Lantau Island

*Discovery Bay Reservoir (:zh-tw:愉景灣水塘, 愉景灣水塘) *Shek Pik Reservoir ()

Irrigation reservoirs

*Ho Pui Reservoir () *Hok Tau Reservoir () *Hung Shui Hang Reservoir () *Inspiration Lake () *Lam Tei Reservoir () *Lau Shui Heung Reservoir () *Sham Tseng Settlement Basin () *Shap Long Reservoir () *Tsing Tam Reservoirs () **Tsing Tam Upper Reservoir () **Tsing Tam Lower Reservoir () *Wong Nai Tun Reservoir () *Kwu Tung Reservoir ()

Flushing-water reservoirs

*Ma Yau Tong Reservoir (:zh-tw:馬游塘水塘, 馬游塘水塘) *Jordan Valley, Hong Kong, Jordan Valley Reservoir () - closed in late 1970s.

References

*This article draws information from the :zh:香港水庫, corresponding article in Chinese Wikipedia. *2007. ''2007 Hong Kong Map''. Easy Finder, Easy Finder Ltd.

External links

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