Black & Veatch Improves Water Reliability in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Water Supplies Department needed a sustainable water solution for the people of Hong Kong. Black & Veatch* responded to that need, partnering with the department on a large expansion project at the Tai Po Water Treatment Works.

As a result, the Tai Po Water Treatment Works is now an innovative and essential part of the area’s water infrastructure. Black & Veatch designed and oversaw construction of the project that improves water reliability for the area’s approximately 7 million residents.

This expansion more than triples the capacity of the water treatment works, providing up to 800-million-liters-per-day of reliable water supply to the people of Hong Kong. In addition, the Water Supplies Department estimates this project created approximately 2,100 jobs in the local construction industry.

The project involved building additional water treatment facilities. This increased the pumping capacities of the secondary raw and fresh water pumping stations and storage capacity of a service reservoir, as well as laying new fresh water mains.

*A project undertaken in Hong Kong SAR when Black & Veatch owned that business.