Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir

Reservoir in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir

Dam of Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir

Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir

Location| Tai Tam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Coordinates| 22°14′48″N 114°12′38″E﻿ / ﻿22.2466°N 114.21045°E﻿ / 22.2466; 114.21045
Lake type| reservoir
Built| 1907; 118 years ago (1907)
Water volume| 686,000 cubic metres (24,200,000 cu ft)
Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir

Traditional Chinese| 大潭中水塘
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Dà tán zhōng shuǐ táng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Daaih tàahm jūng séui tòhng
Jyutping| Daai6 taam4 zung1 seoi2 tong4

Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir, part of the Tai Tam Reservoirs, is a reservoir in Tai Tam Country Park, Tai Tam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong and has a water storage capacity of 19.6 million gallons.[1][2] The reservoir was completed in 1907.[3]

The reservoir can be accessed by the Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail.[4]

The reservoir is still in operation and the dam was constructed in slope style. Its dam and the valve house built at the centre of the dam are listed as declared monuments in September 2009.[5][6][7]

## History

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The Director of Public Works William Chatham had submitted to the Legislative Council a draft plan for The Extension of the Tai Tam Water Supply System, called the "Tai Tam Tuk Scheme", which will be carried out in two phases on 17 October 1903. The first phase of the construction of 195.5 million gallons (900,000 m3) water storage in Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir, which was carried out from 1904 to 1907. Therefore, Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir is geographically lower than the tunnel inlet of Tai Tam Upper Reservoir. Therefore, it is necessary to build a Tai Tam Tuk raw water pumping station on the west bank of Tai Tam Bay to pump the stored water to Tai Tam Valley and deploy it to the water supply system of the Central District through the entrance of the water conveyance tunnel.[3] In 1977, the Water Supplies Department lowered the entire section of the dam's spillway by three metres for safety reasons, and this had left the dam looking slightly indented at its crest.[8]

## See also

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* List of reservoirs of Hong Kong
* Tai Tam Reservoirs
* Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
* Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail

## References

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1. ^ "Fun of Fishing" (PDF). Water Supplies Department. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. ^ "WSD - Tai Tam Reservoir". Water Supplies Department. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
3. ^ a b "薄扶林水塘、大潭水塘群、黃泥涌水塘、九龍水塘、城門（銀禧）水塘和香港仔水塘的文物價值" (PDF). Antiquities Advisory Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
4. ^ "TAI TAM WATERWORKS HERITAGE TRAIL - HONG KONG EXTRAS3". Hong Kong Extras. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
5. ^ "41 waterworks structures declared monuments (with photos)". Government of Hong Kong. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
6. ^ "List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results (as at 11 March 2021)" (PDF). Antiquities Advisory Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
7. ^ "The Tai Tam Reservoirs – recent photographs – The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group". The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
8. ^ "Commemorative Album: Stream of Memories" (PDF). Water Supplies Department. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

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Reservoirs of Hong Kong

Drinking-water|

* Pok Fu Lam
* Aberdeen
* Tai Tam
* Tai Tam Upper
* Tai Tam Byewash
* Tai Tam Intermediate
* Tai Tam Tuk
* Kowloon
* Kowloon
* Kowloon Byewash
* Kowloon Reception
* Shek Lei Pui
* Shing Mun (Lower Shing Mun)
* Tai Lam Chung
* Plover Cove
* High Island
* Shek Pik

Irrigation|

* Ho Pui
* Hok Tau
* Hung Shui Hang
* Lam Tei
* Lau Shui Heung
* Sham Tseng Settlement Basin
* Shap Long
* Tsing Tam
* Wong Nai Tun

Defunct|

* Choi Sai Woo
* Jordan Valley
* Wong Nai Chung

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