The Water Supplies Department took fresh water samples from 15 user taps for testing last week (that is, October 25-29). Among them, a water sample obtained from a private non-residential premises in Wan Chai found that the lead content exceeded the Hong Kong drinking water standard. The department did not disclose the specific location.
This is the first time that a water sample exceeding Hong Kong's drinking water standards has been found in 4 years since the implementation of the optimized monitoring plan in December 2017.
The Water Supplies Department took fresh water samples from 15 user taps for testing last week (that is, October 25-29). Among them, a water sample obtained from a private non-residential premises in Wan Chai found that the lead content exceeded Hong Kong's drinking water standards.
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The lead content is 17 micrograms per liter, a high standard of 70%
The standard value of lead in Hong Kong’s drinking water standard is 10 micrograms per liter. The Water Supplies Department announced that in the weekly summary as of October 31, a total of 15 samples were taken. Random sampling”) The lead content is 17 micrograms per liter, which is 70% above the standard. According to the established two-level sampling procedure, when the metal content of the first-level water sample is found to exceed the standard, the second-level 30-minute static water sample will be tested to verify the result , The result is still 12 micrograms/liter, which is still 20% higher.
Water Supplies Department advises building users to switch to distilled water
The Water Supplies Department immediately contacted the person in charge of the relevant premises after learning of the test results, asking them to notify all users in the building and take appropriate preventive and mitigation measures, including the use of other drinking water sources (such as distilled water), and posting in conspicuous places in the building Notices, etc., and hire qualified consultants or persons as soon as possible to conduct detailed investigations to find out the cause of the problem and carry out corresponding corrections.
The department will continue to closely follow up the implementation of the mitigation and correction measures, and provide assistance when necessary.
If the person concerned fails to take effective mitigation measures within a reasonable time, the Water Supplies Department can take corresponding actions in accordance with the Waterworks Ordinance to protect the water safety of users.
Since 2017, the Water Supplies Department has extended the scope of fresh water quality monitoring to consumer taps. By optimizing the monitoring plan, fresh water samples will be collected from the taps of users in randomly selected premises to test the water quality.
So far, the Water Supplies Department has collected fresh water samples from about 2,000 premises.
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