Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works Explained

Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works is a sewage treatment facility in Hong Kong. It is located in Ma Liu Shui, Sha Tin,^[1] along the Shing Mun River, at its mouth into Sha Tin Hoi (Tide Cove).

The treatment works serves Sha Tin, Ma On Shan and the villages nearby.^[2] The plant is managed by the Drainage Services Department.^[2]

It was then extended in several stages. Stage I was first commissioned in 1982 with stage II following in 1986. Stage III was completed in September 2004.^[3]

Construction work to move the sewage treatment facility to an artificial cave within Nui Po Shan, a nearby mountain, started in 2021.^[4]

External links

• Drainage Services Department website
• Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works, Stage III Environmental Impact Assessment Study

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Notes and References

1. http://gb.hyd.gov.hk/gb/tel.directory.gov.hk/0223000122_ENG.html Drainage Services Department contact
2. http://www.devb-wb.gov.hk/press_releases_and_publications/UMPR/index.aspx?langno=1&nodeid=1779&Branch=W&lstYear=2008&PressReleaseID=11248 Sha Tin sewage treatment works open to the public
3. http://www.water-technology.net/projects/shatin-stw/ Shatin Sewage Treatment Works Expansion and Upgrade
4. News: Yeo . Rachel . 25 March 2021 . Construction of a cave to relocate sewage treatment plant and free up 28 hectares of land to start in Hong Kong later this year . .