| Tai Lam Chung Reservoir | |
|---|---|
 Image of Tai Lam Chung Reservoir (taken in November 2017 | |
| Location | Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong |
| Coordinates | 22°23′06″N114°01′55″E / 22.38500°N 114.03194°E |
| Type | Reservoir |
Tai Lam Chung Reservoir is a reservoir in Tai Lam Country Park, Tuen Mun District, New Territories, Hong Kong. [1]
Tai Lam Chung Reservoir is the first reservoir built in Hong Kong after the Second World War. As the demand for clean water supplies in Hong Kong grew greater, the construction work of the reservoir commenced in 1952 and was completed in 1957. Formed by a main dam across the Tai Lam Chung Valley, there are three supplemental dams that cross the nearby valley. Its water storage capacity is about 21 million cubic metres. [2]
In order to plan for the construction of the reservoir, the government had to relocate villages of the Tai Lam Villages and Kan Uk Tei Villages to the Tai Uk Wai Villages for re-settlement. [3]
Several villages were flooded by the reservoir, including Tai Lam Village (大欖村), Tai Wai Village, Kan Uk Tei Village (關屋地村) and Wu Uk Village. [4]
In the late 1960s, the government of Hong Kong started to import water from Dongjiang in China to improve the situation of water shortages at the time. The water was transferred to Tai Lam Chung Reservoir, which made it important in Hong Kong's water supply system. [3]
In recent years, this reservoir is also given the nickname "the Thousand Island Lake of Hong Kong" due to the similarity in sceneries. The villages flooded by the water in the reservoir can still be seen when the water level drops low. [3]
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