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Western Salt Water Service Reservoirs

  • Built in 2009

  • Consists of 2 rock caverns approximately 50m long, 17.6m wide and 17m high each

  • Maximum storage of 12,000m3 salt water

  • Released surface land for construction of HKU Centennial Campus

  • Avoided massive excavation and thus minimized visual and environmental impacts

  • Voted as one of “The Hong Kong People Engineering Wonders in the 21st Century” organized by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers in 2013






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What are Rock caverns? Rock caverns refer to large man-made spaces in rock,
            which offer many beneficial applications in terms of land uses
Western Salt Water Service Reservoirs

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