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Water Resources in Hong Kong
1. Local water resources
Rainfall in Hong Kong
Introduction
1.1
Hong Kong Observatory, 2024. Yearly Extract, Extract of Annual Data (1961-2023). Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
Hong Kong Observatory, 2021. Monthly Meteorological Normals for Hong Kong (1991-2020), Table 2 Monthly mean of rainfall in Hong Kong between 1991-2020. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
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Hong Kong Observatory, 2022. Annual rainfall projection data for Hong Kong. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.3
Water Supplies Department, 2022. Local Yield. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.4
Department of Justice, 2020. Cap. 102 Waterworks Ordinance, Part I, Preliminary, 2. Interpretation. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.5
Water Supplies Department, 2022. Local Yield. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.6
Water Supplies Department, 2022. Local Yield. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.7
After the completion of a channelisation project by the Drainage Services Department in 1997, the downstream section of Kam Tin River converges with Shan Pui River at south of Lut Chau before entering Deep Bay.
JC-WISE, 2022. Rivers@HK Database, Rivers in Hong Kong, Geography, Rivers and Streams. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.8
JC-WISE, 2022. Rivers@HK Database, Rivers in Hong Kong, Geography. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.9
JC-WISE, 2022. Rivers@HK Database, Fluvial Landforms. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
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JC-WISE, 2022. Rivers@HK Database, Fluvial Landforms. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.12
JC-WISE, 2022. Rivers@HK Database, Rivers in Hong Kong, Geography. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.13
JC-WISE, 2022. Rivers@HK Database, Rivers in Hong Kong, Ecology. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.14
JC-WISE, 2022. Rivers@HK Database, Rivers in Hong Kong, Geography, Rivers and Streams. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.18
Water Supplies Department, 2022. Brief Introduction of Reservoirs. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.19
Water Supplies Department, 2022. Brief Introduction of Reservoirs. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.21
Water Supplies Department, 2020. Capacity of Impounding Reservoirs in Hong Kong. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.22
Green Power, 2020. Shing Mun Reservoir Water Gathering Ground: Water Gathering Ground and its Biodiversity (Reference Book for Secondary School Teacher). Hong Kong: Green Power, p.20-22.
1.23
JC-WISE, 2022. Know (Cherish) Our Water? [Video], 3:15. Youtube. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
1.24
Tymon Mellor, 2022. Hong Kong Water Supply – Lower Shing Mun Reservoir, Reservoir Function. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
Green Power, 2021. Tai Tam Group of Reservoirs Water Gathering Ground, p.34
2. Dongjiang (East River)
Dongjiang river basin
2.3
Water Supplies Department, 2023. Hong Kong: The Facts – Water Supplies, Supply from Guangdong. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
2.5
Raymond Yu Wang, Cho Nam Ng, James Hans Lenzer Jr., Heping Dang, Tao Liu & Shenjun Yao (2017) Unpacking water conflicts: a reinterpretation of coordination problems in China’s water-governance system, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33:4, 553-569, DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2016.1197824
2.6
Water Resources Department of Guangdong Province, 2023. Guang Dong Water Resources Bulletin 2021, p,27. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024] (Only available in simplified Chinese)
Water Resources Department of Guangdong Province, 2023. Guang Dong Water Resources Bulletin 2021, p.4. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024] (Only available in simplified Chinese)
2.12
Water Supplies Department, 2021. Dongjiang Water Supply, Supply Agreements since 2006. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
2.16
Water Supplies Department, 1999-2023. Annual Report 1998/99-2021/22, Annual Quantity of Fresh Water Supply. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
Water Supplies Department, 1999-2023. Annual Report 1998/99-2021/22, Annual Salt Water Consumption and Population Served with Salt Water. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
3. Is Hong Kong a water-scarce city?
3.1
Legislative Council Secretariat Research Office, 2021. Statistical Highlights. Dongjiang water supply. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
Ministry of Water Resources the People’s Republic of China, 2020. The Pearl River Delta Water Resources Allocation Project started operation. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
3.4
Water Supplies Department, 2024. How Does Desalination Work? Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
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Legislative Council Panel on Development, 2012. 345WF – Planning and investigation study of desalination plant at Tseung Kwan O. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]
3.7
Water Supplies Department, 2024. Personal communication
Legislative Council Secretariat Research Office, 2015. Research Brief. Issue No. 5 2014-2015. Water resources in Hong Kong. Available at: link [Accessed Feb 2024]