Permanent fresh water supplies for HK Disneyland have now been assured thanks to the completion of a new reservoir at Yam O Tuk, Lantau. The Sunny Bay Fresh Water Service Reservoir is one of the major infrastructure projects for the Penny's Bay Development.

Opening the reservoir today, Permanent Secretary for Environment, Transport & Works Lo Yiu-ching said the Government also plans to feed HK Disneyland with a third type of water supply. Apart from potable water and flushing water, the Water Supplies Department will provide raw water for irrigation and for topping up the park's artificial lake.

While ensuring timely completion of the reservoir, the department has worked to ensure the facility and its associated works blend harmoniously with the environment. Extensive greening and landscaping works, including tree planting and turfing, have been conducted in all the areas or slopes formed during the construction.

Director of Water Supplies William Ko said the reservoir was planned and designed in-house. The works, as part of the infrastructural project for Penny's Bay Development Package I, started in August 2001 and were substantially completed in November last year at a cost of about $120 million.

The works included the construction of a reservoir with a storage capacity of 13,000 cubic metres and the laying of 1,500 metres of water mains. The reservoir can be extended to an ultimate capacity of 30,000 cubic metres to meet future growth.