山頂食水配水庫簡介

Introduction of Peak Fresh Water Service Reservoir

山頂食水配水庫是山頂區首個配水庫，於1897年落成。1890年，當局首次建議為山頂區興建以水庫為本的供水系統，而山頂配水庫就是該系統的一部分。配水庫已於2021年被評為一級歷史建築。 配水庫為有蓋的單間構築物，容量為409,000加侖(約1,859立方米)，最高水位約為法定基準線上1,751呎(約533米)。現時，配水庫供應的食水可以是經由大埔濾水廠或沙田濾水廠過濾，然後通過海底喉管，再經多重抽水站輸送至配水庫。 山頂食水配水庫可算是薄扶林水塘供水系統的一部分伸延，為現存歷史最悠久的配水庫之一，見證了山頂的歷史發展，更是山頂供水系統的一個重要里程碑。配水庫位於扯旗山頂峰近最高處，其重力自流供水區覆蓋山頂區大部分人居住的地方。配水庫現時仍然運作，為山頂居民供應安全食水尤為重要。以毛石鋪面及石砌扶壁支撐的混凝土圍牆、磚拱及磚柱，展示了十九世紀末至二十世紀初傳統與現代的建築技術和物料的融合。此外，排氣管、通風井、進出水管、排水管、溢流管以及連接隧道口等重要的功能性構件，均狀況良好。 配水庫運作了超過120年，如今仍然使用，屬水務署不對外開放設施範圍。故特設虛擬導覽網頁以供欣賞。 Peak Fresh Water Service Reservoir was complete in 1897. It is the first service reservoir on the Peak, and is part of a reservoir-based water supply system that was first proposed in 1890 for the area then known as the Peak District. In 2021, the service reservoir was rated as a Grade I historic building. The service reservoir is a covered single-compartment structure with a storage capacity of 409,000 gallons (around 1,859 cubic meters) and a top water level of 1,751 feet A.O.D. (around 533 mPD). At present, the water supplied via the service reservoir is the filtered water treated at either Tai Po Water Treatment Works or Sha Tin Water Treatment Works, which is conveyed by the cross-harbour mains, and pumped to the service reservoir by steps of pumping stations. The Peak Fresh Water Service Reservoir is the extension of the water supply system of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir. It is one of the oldest surviving service reservoirs in Hong Kong, and has borne witness to the historical development of the Peak and marks a very significant milestone in the area’s water supply system. Situated on the summit of Victoria Peak, the gravitational water supply zone of the service reservoir covers most of the inhabited places of the Peak District. It is still in operation, and has continued to play a significant role in providing safe fresh water for the residents of the Peak. The concrete perimeter walls with external rubble facing reinforced with masonry buttresses on the southeast corner, and the brick arches and piers display a combination of traditional and modern building techniques and materials between the later nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. Besides, a number of important functional elements, such as vent pipes, ventilators, the inlet, outlet and washout pipes and an associated tunnel portal are all in good condition. The Peak Fresh Water Service Reservoir has been operating for over 120 years in WSD’s restricted area not open to public and therefore virtual tour is developed for public appreciation.