1.1.1
The existing Yuen Long Sewage
Treatment Works (YLSTW) is a secondary sewage treatment works, located at Yuen
Long Industrial Estate serves Yuen Long Town, Yuen Long Industrial Estate and
Kam Tin areas with a design capacity of 70,000 m³ per day. Based on the latest
planning data, the volume of sewage generation from the YLSTW catchment is
estimated to increase to 150,000 m³ per day after 20 years. In addition, since
YLSTW has been operating for over 30 years and most of its facilities are of
out-dated design and reaching the end of their design life, the environmental
facilities of the plant will also be upgraded and hence improving the adjacent
environment through upgrading the YLSTW to Yuen Long Effluent Polishing Plant
(YLEPP). The Location of Proposed Yuen Long Effluent Polishing Plant is given
in Figure 1.
1.1.2
YLSTW will be reconstructed in
two stages to increase its capacity to 150,000 m³ per day. The proposed works,
as Stage 1 of the project, will firstly increase the treatment capacity to
100,000 m³ per day. In the course of Stage 1
construction, about half of the existing facilities of YLSTW would be
demolished, while the other half would be kept in operation to maintain the
sewage treatment service for Yuen Long area. This 72-month works contract
commenced on 9 November 2020. Demolition of existing YLSTW for construction of
new treatment facilities are in progress.
1.1.3
The Project is a designated
project under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance
(EIAO) (Cap. 499) for which Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report and
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Manual was approved by EPD
(Register No.: AEIAR-220/2019) on 25 April 2019. The Environmental Permit (EP)
(EP No. EP-565/2019) was issued by EPD on 26 April 2019.
1.1.4
Fugro Technical Services
Limited was appointed as the Environmental Team (ET) by Drainage Services
Department (DSD) to undertake the Environmental Team services for the Project
and implement the EM&A works under the Contract No. DC/2019/10 Yuen Long
Effluent Polishing Plant -Main Works for Stage 1 (hereinafter referred as “the
Contract”) for the period from July 2020 to 6 July 2023.
1.1.5
Aurecon Hong Kong Limited
(Aurecon) has been appointed as the Environmental Team (ET) by Drainage
Services Department (DSD) to undertake the Environmental Team services for the
Project and implement the EM&A works under the Contract from July 2023. Air
quality, noise, water quality and ecological monitoring, site inspections and
auditing (as scheduled) under EM&A programme with effect from 7 July 2023
was conducted by Aurecon. Aurecon is
undertaking the preparation (including reporting of monitoring results),
certification by ET Leader and submission of this report to EPD.
1.1.6
All ET roles and
responsibilities under the EP for this Project were undertaken by Fugro up to 6
July 2023 and by Aurecon with effect from 7 July 2023. Air quality, noise, water quality and ecological monitoring, site
inspections and auditing (as scheduled) under EM&A programme
up to 6 July 2023 was conducted by Fugro, and the corresponding monitoring
results were shared with Aurecon for the purposes of reporting in this report.
1.1.7
This is the 35th
Monthly EM&A report to document the findings of site inspection activities
and EM&A programme for this project from 1 February 2024 to 29 February 2024 (reporting
period) and is submitted to fulfil Condition 3.4 of the EP and Section 12.4.1
of the EM&A Manual. According to Condition 4 of the EP, electronic
reporting is provided on the internet website to facilitate public inspection
of the report.
1.2.1
The Project Organization structure is shown in Appendix B. The key personnel contact names and numbers are summarized in Table 1.
1.3.1
The construction programme of
this project is shown in Appendix A.
1.4.1
The main construction works
carried out in the reporting period were as follow:
·
Ground investigation at SDB
·
Demolition at SDB
·
E&M works at CLP substation
·
ABWF and E&M works at PST
·
ABWF work and RC structure at IW
·
ELS work at AGS
·
Erection temp. loading platform
at AGS
·
Erection temp. loading platform
at TTS
·
ELS work at TTS
·
ELS work at STB
·
Pumping test at Sludge Digester
no. 1-3
·
ELS work at Sludge Digester no.
1-3
·
E&M works at Biogas Holder
no. 1
·
E&M works at Biogas Holder
no. 1
1.4.2
The environmental mitigation
measures corresponding to the main construction works implemented in the reporting period can be
referred to Appendix J.
1.5.1
A summary of the status of the
relevant permits, licenses and/or notifications on environmental protection for
this project is presented in Table 2.