The paper describes the historical development, the current situation and the expected future improvement as regard to the sewerage systems and the wastewater treatment facilities in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Water pollution control legislation in both places are then discussed and their respective characteristics are highlighted. It ends up by having a comparison of the merits and demerits of the two control systems based on the author's personal point of view.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
Published in
WEDC Conference
Citation
TANG, S.L., 1984. Wastewater - Hong Kong and Taiwan. IN: Cotton, A. and Pickford, J. (eds). Water and sanitation in Asia and the Pacific: Proceedings of the 10th WEDC International Conference, Singapore, 28-31 August 1984, pp.110-114.
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