Useful Links

Hong Kong Water Quality Resource Centre

• HKWQRC

Quality of Our Marine Waters

• Marine Water Quality
• Beach Water Quality
• Toxic Substances in Marine Environment
• Biological Indicator Monitoring
• Red Tide Monitoring and Management

Conservation

• Marine Conservation
• Wetland Conservation

Sources Control

• Water Pollution Control
• Chemical Waste Control
• Livestock Waste Control

Planning Control

• Environmental Impact Assessment

Sewage Infrastructures

• Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS)
• Sewerage Master Plans (SMPs)

Cross-boundary Collaboration

• Hong Kong - Guangdong Joint Development of a Pearl River Delta Water Quality Model
• Development of a Pearl River Delta Water Quality Model - Final Study Report

Local Guidelines and References

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	Water Control Zones - Delineation of Zones and Subzones
	A Guide to the Water Pollution Control Ordinance
	Technical Memorandum - Standards for Effluents Discharged into Drainage and Sewerage Systems, Inland and Coastal Waters
	Guidelines and References on Water Pollution Control
	Technical Memorandum on Environmental Impact Assessment Process

Water Quality Objectives / Criteria / Standards / Guidelines of Mainland China and Overseas Jurisdictions

(Only English version is available unless otherwise specified)

• Mainland China
• Australia
• Canada
• European Union
• Germany
• Japan
• South Korea
• Malaysia
• Singapore
• USA

Practices on Shellfish Culture in Mainland China and Overseas Jurisdictions

(Only English version is available unless otherwise specified)

• Mainland China (Only simplified Chinese version is available)
• Australia
• Canada
• European Union
• New Zealand
• Thailand
• UK
• USA

Other Relevant Documents

• Bacteriological Water Quality Objectives for Bathing Beach Waters in Hong Kong (Paper No. 16/2008 submitted to the Advisory Council on the Environment in May 2008) (Only English version is available)
• Protection of the Marine Environment (Paper No. CB(1) 2039/05-06(01) submitted to the LegCo Panel on Environmental Affairs in July 2006)
• World Health Organization (WHO). 2003. Guidelines for Safe Recreational Water Environments, Volume 1 - Coastal and Fresh Waters (Only English version is available)
• World Health Organization (WHO). Safe Management of Shellfish and Harvest Waters (Only English version is available)
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 1986. Quality Criteria for Water (Only English version is available)
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Aquatic Life Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen (Only English version is available)
• Australian and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council (ANZECC). October 2000. Water Quality Guidelines (Only English version is available)
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Ambient Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen (Only English version is available)
• Chesapeake Bay in United States. Dissolved Oxygen Criteria (Only English version is available)
• Department of Environmental Protection of State of Florida in United States. Derivation of Dissolved Oxygen Criteria to Protect Aquatic Life in Florida's Fresh and Marine Waters (Only English version is available)