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The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (June 30) released the latest grading of water quality of 37 gazetted beaches and one non-gazetted beach (Discovery Bay) that are open for swimming.
Seventeen beaches were rated as Good (Grade 1), nineteen as Fair (Grade 2) and two as Poor (Grade 3).
Grade 1 beaches are:
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Chung Hom Kok Beach
Deep Water Bay Beach
Hap Mun Bay Beach
Hung Shing Yeh Beach
Kiu Tsui Beach
Kwun Yam Beach
Lo So Shing Beach
Ma Wan Tung Wan Beach
Middle Bay Beach
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Shek O Beach
Repulse Bay Beach
South Bay Beach
St Stephen's Beach
Stanley Main Beach
Tong Fuk Beach
Turtle Cove Beach
Upper Cheung Sha Beach
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Grade 2 beaches are:
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Anglers' Beach
Approach Beach
Big Wave Bay Beach
Cafeteria New Beach
Cafeteria Old Beach
Casam Beach
Castle Peak Beach
Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach
Clear Water Bay First Beach
Clear Water Bay Second Beach
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Discovery Bay
Golden Beach
Hoi Mei Wan Beach
Kadoorie Beach
Lido Beach
Lower Cheung Sha Beach
Pui O Beach
Silverstrand Beach
Trio Beach
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Grade 3 beaches are:
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Butterfly Beach
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Ting Kau Beach
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Compared with the grading released last week, Discovery Bay has been changed from Grade 1 to Grade 2, and Butterfly Beach from Grade 2 to Grade 3.
“The changes are generally within the normal range of fluctuation of the bacteriological water quality of the beaches,” the EPD spokesman said.
Under our present grading system, beaches are classified into four grades according to the level of E coli in the water. Grades are calculated on the basis of the geometric mean of the E coli counts on the five most recent sampling occasions.
The EPD spokesman also warned that many beaches were likely to be more polluted than their grades suggested during and after periods of heavy rain. Bathers should avoid swimming at beaches for up to three days after a storm or heavy rainfall.
A summary of beach grades is published weekly before the weekend. Latest beach grades based on the most current data may be obtained from the department's websites on Beach Water Quality (www.beachwq.gov.hk or www.epd.gov.hk/epd/beach) or the beach hotline, 2511 6666.
Ends/Friday, June 30, 2017
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