HKDiscoveryVol71厕所背後的故事-污水处理-渠务署.PDFVIP

沖水馬桶替我們解決許多煩惱，但你有沒有統計過自己每天沖廁多少 次？香港這小小的城市住了七百多萬人口，我們每日從廁所、廚房等排出 的污水，每天便超過二百七十萬立方米。在二零一零至一一年，渠務署便 處理了約九億七千九百萬立方米污水。 Are you mindful of how many times you flush a toilet within one day? The 7 million 3 people living on this modest island of Hong Kong produce over 2.7 million m sewage from toilets and kitchens per day, and about 979 million m3 of sewage was treated by the Drainage Services Department in 2010-11. 假如我們的排泄物和污水像數十年前一樣，未經處理便流入大海河川，久而久之， 必會釀成生態大災難。幸而香港緊倚著浩瀚的大海，海洋因每日潮汐而有一定的自我潔淨 能力，我們可將處理過的污水排出大海，污水處理相對較內陸地區容易。全港有九成三人 口使用公共污水收集系統，污水由總長約一千六百四十公里的污水渠網絡分送至六十七家 污水處理廠，經處理後排放至大海；至於從污水中篩隔出來的固體廢物，則送往堆填區填 埋。至於沒有接駁公共污水渠的偏遠地區，則會使用化糞池或小型地下污水處理系統。 It would be disastrous if such a huge amount of untreated sewage is discharged into the sea and river, just like decades ago. However, we are fortunate to be surrounded by the vast sea, the tides and wave of which may dilute or wash away certain amount of pollutants. Sewage discharge in a seaside city is thus slightly easier than inland areas. 93% of the Hong Kong population is covered by public drainage system - a sewer network of 1,640 km is connected to 67 sewage treatment plants. Treated effluent is let out to the sea, and filtered solid wastes are sent to landfill. For remote areas they mainly rely on septic tanks or small-scale sewage treatment works. 渠務署每日處理的污水量 Sewage treated by DSD per day: 2,700,000m3 渠務署每年處理的污水量 Sewage treated by DSD per year: 979,000,000m3 (2010-2011) 香港目前的污水處理廠數目 No. of sewage treatment plants in HK: 67 公共污水收集系統覆蓋率（人口）Coverage of public drainage system (in terms of populat