Description of the Environment Sample Clauses

Description of the Environment. 7.3.1 The work sites are located at the south apron and runway of the former Kai Tak Airport. There is no major noise source identified in the study area except traffic noise from Xxxx Xxxx Bypass and Kai Fuk Road.

Description of the Environment. 9.4.1 The marine environment in the assessment area composed of the marine water of Kowloon Bay and Victoria Harbour, two typhoon shelters at To Kwa Wan (TKWTS) and Xxxx Xxxx (KTTS), as well as Kai Tak Approach Channel (KTAC). Representative photographs of marine environment within the Kai Tak area are presented in Appendix 9.1.

Description of the Environment. Marine Water Quality 5.3.1 The EPD water quality monitoring stations, VM2 and VM4, in the Victoria Harbour WCZ is located in the vicinity of the Project area. A summary of the most recently published monitoring data (in 2005) for these stations is presented in Table 5.3. A summary of the published EPD monitoring data (in 2005) collected from the monitoring stations in the Xxxx Xxxx Typhoon Shelter (VT4) and To Kwa Wan Typhoon Shelter (VT11) is presented in Table 5.4. Locations of the monitoring stations are shown in Drawing 5.2. Stations VM2, VM4, VT4 and VT11 are considered to be representative of the water quality in the marine waters of the assessment area. Temperature (oC) 22.9 22.9 Not more than 2 oC (15.8 – 28.0) (15.8 – 27.8) in daily temperature range Salinity 31.9 31.8 Not to cause more than 10% Dissolved Oxygen (DO) (% Saturation) Depth average 78 (66 – 92) 75 (63 – 88) Not available Bottom 77 (54 – 90) 74 (51 – 88) Not available Dissolved Oxygen (DO) (mg/L) Depth average 5.6 (4.4 – 6.8) 5.4 (4.4 – 6.6) Not less than 4 mg/L for 90% of the samples Bottom 5.6 (3.8 – 6.8) 5.3 (3.6 – 6.5) Not less than 2 mg/L for 90% of the samples pH 8.1 8.0 6.5 - 8.5 (± 0.2 from natural Secchi disc Depth (m) 2.2 2.1 Not available Turbidity (NTU) 9.8 9.6 Not available Suspended Solids (SS) (mg/L) 3.6 3.6 Not more than 30% increase 5-day Biochemical Oxygen 0.9 0.9 Not available Demand (BOD5) (mg/L) (0.4 – 1.5) (0.5 – 1.1) Nitrite Nitrogen (NO2-N) (mg/L) 0.02 0.03 Not available Nitrate Nitrogen (NO3-N) (mg/L) 0.12 0.13 Not available Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3-N) 0.13 0.15 Not available Unionised Ammonia (UIA) 0.006 0.006 Not more than 0.021 mg/L (mg/L) (0.002 – 0.015) (0.003 – 0.015) for annual mean Total Inorganic Nitrogen (TIN) 0.28 0.31 Not more than 0.4 mg/L (mg/L) (0.08 – 0.46) (0.12 – 0.54) for annual mean Total Nitrogen (TN) (mg/L) 0.43 0.47 Not available (0.22 – 0.63) (0.26 – 0.69) Orthophosphate Phosphorus 0.03 0.03 Not available (OrthoP) (mg/L) (<0.01 – 0.04) (0.01 – 0.04) Total Phosphorus (TP) (mg/L) 0.04 0.05 Not available Chlorophyll-a 2.4 2.4 Not available E coli 1600 2400 Not available (cfu/100 mL) (120 – 31000) (310 – 11000) Faecal Coliforms 3600 5200 Not available (cfu/100 mL) (340 – 50000) (770 – 33000) Notes: 1. Data source: EPD’s publication: “20 Years of Marine Water Quality Monitoring in Hong Kong (1986 – 2005)” 2. Except as specified, data presented are depth-averaged values calculated by taking the means of three depths: Surface, mid-depth, bottom. ...

Description of the Environment. 6.3.1 The Project area is located at the south apron and runway of the former Kai Tak Airport. There is no air quality monitoring station located in the study area. EPD’s Sham Shui Po and Xxxx Xxxx air quality monitoring stations are the nearest stations to the Project site. Table 6.4 summarises the annual average concentrations of the air pollutants recorded at these two monitoring stations in Year 2005.

Description of the Environment. 3.5.1 The Project area is about 96 hectares and covers the former Kai Tak Airport south apron and runway areas together with the disused fuel dolphin. The locality is adjacent to Kowloon Bay, Kai Tak Approach Channel and Xxxx Xxxx Typhoon Shelter. The east of the Project area is mainly industrial / commercial uses while the nearest residential development is at the north-western side of the Project area at To Kwa Wan and Ma Tau Kok areas.