Plover Cove Reservoir, Reservoir in Tai Po District, Hong Kong.
Plover Cove Reservoir, spanning 1200 hectares with a 2-kilometer main dam, stores 230 million cubic meters of fresh water in northeastern Hong Kong.
Engineers constructed the reservoir between 1960 and 1968, transforming a sea inlet into a freshwater lake by building dams and removing seawater.
The reservoir construction led to the relocation of Hakka villages and fishing communities to new settlements, including Sam Mun Tsai New Village.
The water facility receives supplies from both local rainfall and the East River in China through pipelines to serve Hong Kong's population.
The facility stands as the first reservoir globally created from an ocean inlet, with its main dam reaching the height of a nine-story building.
Location: Tai Po District
Location: Hong Kong
Inception: 1968
GPS coordinates: 22.47083,114.25278
Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:51
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