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Noise
Control Ordinance
The
EPD's Acoustic Testing Laboratory is the only laboratory in Hong Kong with
full HOKLAS accreditation of its acoustic calibration services. Over 40
sets of equipment used in the enforcement of the Noise Control Ordinance
are calibrated annually.
Water Pollution Control Ordinance
Effluent-producing factories (e.g. electroplating factories) are required to connect
their effluents to an effluent pretreatment system and then to a foul water sewer
Beach water quality monitoring is carried out
to enable the government to take action in case the beaches are found unacceptable for
swimming. Under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance, the objective set for all bathing
beach subzones in the Water Control Zones is that the level of E. coli should not
exceed 180 per 100ml calculated as geometric mean for all samples collected from March to
October inclusive.
Other
legislative control

Tai Po Kau stream has now been fully restored to a clean and healthy state after
legislative control is in place to stop livestock waste pollution.

¡@ Legislation prohibits the killing
or hunting of the endangered species |