Reservoirs in Hong Kong are spread fairly evenly over the entire 1,104 km<sup>2</sup> of Hong Kong. There is plenty of space for small reservoirs in Hong Kong, as the hilly areas provide valleys 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 ()
- Plover Cove Reservoir ()
- Shing Mun Reservoirs ()
- 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 (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 (馬游塘水塘)
- Jordan Valley Reservoir () - closed in late 1970s.
See also
- Water supply and sanitation in Hong Kong
- Conservation in Hong Kong
- List of dams and reservoirs
References
- This article draws information from the corresponding article in Chinese Wikipedia.
- 2007. 2007 Hong Kong Map. Easy Finder Ltd.
External links
- Waterworks of a Century
- Reservoirs of Hong Kong - in Chinese