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There is a danger of being left out in the cold as major cities in the Pearl River Delta seek better quality supplies in greater quantities

  • Installation of water-saving devices costing less than US$10 can help each Hong Kong household save some 60,000 litres of water annually, Neoperl executive says
  • The Swiss firm is in talks with Hong Kong firms to supply and distribute water-saving devices to their employees for free as part of their CSR initiatives
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Water Supplies Department reveals sample taken from private commercial building in Wan Chai exceeded city’s safety standards. Testing finds 17 micrograms in water, higher than the permitted 10 micrograms.

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First mooted in 1963, when Hong Kong was gripped by drought, a desalination plant finally started producing fresh water in 1975, but not for long. The plant was shut down after critics blasted the high cost of running it.

Visionary leaders would foresee worst-case scenarios and make strategic plans to deal with them should they eventuate. But there seem to be no signs of our government preparing plans for worst-case scenarios regarding water resilience.

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Tung Ping Chau has just a few dozen residents still living on it, so Hong Kong’s water utility is unwilling to build a permanent pipeline. So the community has finally given a desalination facility the go ahead.

But officials dismiss the idea of preparing second phase, saying both desalination plant and water from Dongjiang will be needed to offset risks from climate change on the city’s supply.