Livestock Waste Information System

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Yuen Long West District

Yuen Long Creek Lam Hau Tsuen section

Livestock Farm Situation :
The Lam Hau Tsuen section of Yuen Long Creek receives discharge from 11 pig farms and 1 chicken farm. According to the Livestock Keeping Licences issued by Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, these farms can rear a total maximum stock size of 22,500 pigs and 40,000 chickens.

EPD's Enforcement Statistics :
Since 2001, there were 22 convictions against the farms in this river section under the Waste Disposal Ordinance and the Waste Disposal (Livestock Waste) Regulations. In the Year 2006, 12 public complaints were received and 89 inspections were conducted to these farms.

Please click here for details of the locations and conditions of the upstream and downstream sampling points.

 
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