Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 沙田污水處理廠 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 沙田污水处理厂 | ||||||||||
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Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works ( Chinese: 沙田污水處理廠) is a sewage treatment facility in Hong Kong. It is located in Ma Liu Shui, Sha Tin, [1] along the Shing Mun River, at its mouth into Sha Tin Hoi (Tide Cove).
The treatment works serves Sha Tin, Ma On Shan and the villages nearby. [2] The plant is managed by the Drainage Services Department. [2]
It was then extended in several stages. Stage I was first commissioned in 1982 [2] with stage II following in 1986. Stage III was completed in September 2004. [3]
Construction work to move the sewage treatment facility to an artificial cave within Nui Po Shan, a nearby mountain, started in 2021. [4]
22°24′24″N 114°12′49″E / 22.4066°N 114.2136°E