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Kowloon Reception Reservoir

Kowloon Reception Reservoir
Kowloon Reception Reservoir
Kowloon Reception Reservoir is located in Hong Kong
Kowloon Reception Reservoir
Kowloon Reception Reservoir
LocationKam Shan Country Park, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°21′03″N 114°08′44″E / 22.350886°N 114.145474°E / 22.350886; 114.145474
Lake typereservoir
Built1926; 99 years ago (1926)
Water volume121,000 cubic metres (4,300,000 cu ft)
Kowloon Reception Reservoir
Traditional Chinese九龍接收水塘
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiǔ lóng jiē shōu shuǐ táng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGáu lùhng jip sāu séui tòhng
JyutpingGau2 lung4 zip3 sau1 seoi2 tong4

Kowloon Reception Reservoir, part of the Kowloon Group of Reservoirs, is a reservoir in Kam Shan Country Park, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong.[1][2]

The Kowloon Reception Reservoir Jogging Trail, a circular route measuring 1.6 km long, surrounds the reservoir.[3]

Its dam and the valve house built at the centre of the dam are listed as Grade I historic buildings.[4]

History

Originally known as Eption Reservoir, it was built in 1926 to receive the fresh water from Shing Mun Reservoir and then sent to the Shek Lei Pui Water Treatment Works for filtration.[5]

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