Kowloon Reception Reservoir

Reservoir in New Territories, Hong Kong

22°21′03″N 114°08′44″E / 22.350886°N 114.145474°E / 22.350886; 114.145474Lake typereservoirBuilt1926; 98 years ago (1926)Water volume121,000 cubic metres (4,300,000 cu ft)

Traditional Chinese

九龍接收水塘

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiǔ lóng jiē shōu shuǐ táng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gáu lùhng jip sāu séui tòhng
Jyutping	Gau2 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]

References

^ "Fun of Fishing" (PDF). Water Supplies Department. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ "WSD - Kowloon Reservoir". Water Supplies Department. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ "Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department - Country & Marine Parks - Visiting Country and Marine Parks - Fitness Trails and Jogging Trails - Kowloon Reception Reservoir Jogging Trail". Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ "List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results (as at 11 March 2021)" (PDF). Antiquities Advisory Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ Sophie, 蘇菲 (23 September 2020). "石梨貝水塘‧德羅塘. 連環暢遊石梨貝水塘、德羅塘，觀賞咗多幅倒影水彩畫，心花怒放。德羅塘，即係九龍接收…". Medium. Retrieved 5 April 2021.