Kowloon Reception Reservoir, part of the
Kowloon Group of Reservoirs, is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
in
Kam Shan Country Park
Golden Hill Country Park or Kam Shan Country Park (), also known in Hong Kong as Monkey Hill (), established on 24 June 1977, is a country park located in the ranges north of Kowloon, Hong Kong. It covers an area of . Most of the area is covered b ...
,
Sha Tin
Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project.
The new ...
,
New Territories
The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...
, Hong Kong.
The Kowloon Reception Reservoir Jogging Trail, a circular route measuring 1.6 km long, surrounds the reservoir.
Its
dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aqua ...
and the
valve
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house built at the centre of the dam are listed as Grade I historic buildings.
History
Originally known as Eption Reservoir, it was built in 1926 to receive the fresh water from
Shing Mun Reservoir and then sent to the Shek Lei Pui Water Treatment Works for filtration.
See also
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List of reservoirs of Hong Kong
Reservoirs in Hong Kong are spread fairly evenly over the entire 1,104 km2 of Hong Kong. There is plenty of space for small water reservoir, reservoirs in Hong Kong, as the hilly areas provide valleys suitable for water storage. However, th ...
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Kowloon Group of Reservoirs
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Kowloon Reservoir
Kowloon Reservoir, part of the Kowloon Group of Reservoirs, is a reservoir in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, located within the Kam Shan Country Park. The total water storage capacity is 353 million gallons and the total cost of construction was ...
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Shek Lei Pui Reservoir
References
External links
Reservoirs of Hong Kong (1) Hong Kong and Kowloon (in Chinese)
Buildings and structures completed in 1926
Kowloon Group of Reservoirs
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