CONTRACT NO: SD 6/2020   Construction of San Shek Wan Sewage Treatment Works Associated Submarine Outfall and Pui O Sewerage Works   Under Environmental Permit no. EP-538/2017   Monthly Environmental Monitoring & Audit Report   August 2022 revision 3

Table of contents

1............. Introduction.. 6

1.1.......... Scope of the Report 6

1.2.......... Structure of the Report 6

2.............. Basic project Information and Environmental Status. 8

2.1.......... Basic Project Information.. 8

2.2.......... Construction Programme. 8

2.3.......... Works undertaken during the month.. 9

2.4.......... Drawing showing the project area, environmental sensitive receivers and monitoring locations. 9

3............. Implementation Status. 9

3.1.......... Advice on the implementation status of environmental protection and pollution control/mitigation measures. 9

3.2.......... Environmental Mitigation Measures. 9

3.3.......... Environmental monitoring requirements and contractual requirements. 10

3.4.......... Site Inspection and Audit Reports. 11

4............. Monitoring Results. 13

4.1.......... Noise Monitoring. 13

4.2.......... Water Quality Monitoring. 16

4.3.......... Ecology. 22

4.4.......... Waste Management 23

5............. Complaints, Notification of Summons and Prosecution.. 25

6............. Future Key Issues. 26

7............. Conclusion.. 27

7.1.......... Noise Monitoring. 27

7.2.......... Water Quality Monitoring. 27

7.3.......... Ecological Impact Monitoring. 27

7.4.......... Review of the Reasons for and the Implications of Non-compliance. 28

7.5.......... Summary of action taken in the event of and follow-up on non-compliance. 28

 

 

           

lIST OF TABLES

 

Table 3.1       Summary of submission status under EP-538/2017

Table 3.2       Summary of the current status on licences and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent to the Project

Table 3.3       Summary of Environmental Inspections

Table 4.1       Noise Monitoring Equipment

Table 4.2       Noise Monitoring Station

Table 4.3       Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

Table 4.4     Marine Water Quality Stations for Water Quality Monitoring

Table 4.5     Action and Limit Levels of Water Quality

Table 4.6     Summary of Marine Water Quality Exceedances (EM&A manual)

Table 4.7     Review of Exceedances in Turbidity and SS (proposed “and” approach)

Table 4.8       Summary of Quantities of Waste Material

Table 5.1       Cumulative Statistics on Complaints

Table 5.2       Cumulative Statistics on Successful Prosecutions

Table 6.1       Construction Activities and Recommended Mitigation Measures in Coming Reporting 3 Months

 

 

lIST OF FIGUREs

 

Figure 2.1    Master Layout Plan

Figure 2.2    Contract Layout Plan

Figure 2.3   Locations of Noise Monitoring Station

Figure 2.4   Locations of Water Quality Monitoring Stations

Figure 2.5    Mark up Figure 5.4i extracted from approved EIA Report (AEIAR-210/2017)

Figure 2.6    Location Plan for Temporary Holding Nursery

 

 

lIST OF APPENDIces

 

Appendix 4.1    Copies of Calibration Certificates

Appendix 4.2    Impact Monitoring Schedule for Reporting Month and Next Month

Appendix 4.3    Noise Monitoring Results and Graphical Presentations

Appendix 4.4    Marine Water Quality Monitoring Results and Graphical Presentations

Appendix 4.5    Monthly Summary Waste Flow Table

Appendix 6.1    3 Months Rolling Programme – September 2022 to November 2022

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

       i.        This is the Monthly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report – August 2022 for the Outlying Islands Sewerage Stage 2 – South Lantau Sewerage Works under Environmental Permit No. EP-538/2017 (Hereafter as “the Project”).  The construction works of the Project was commenced on 3 November 2021 and the tentative completion date is Q1 2026.  This Monthly EM&A Report presents the environmental monitoring findings and information recorded during the period of 1 to 31 August 2022.  The cut-off date of reporting is at the end of each reporting month.

      ii.        In the reporting period, the principal work activities undertaken are as follows:

·       Excavation, sewer laying, construction of manhole at Pui O Lo Uk Tsuen

·       Excavation and site formation at San Shek Wan Sewage Treatment Works (SSWSTW) and Pui O Sewage Pumping Station (POSPS)

·       Excavation at South Lantau Road

·       SSWSTW and HDD works

·       Site formation works at POSPS

·       ELS works at POSPS

 

Exceedances of Action/Limit Levels

Noise Monitoring

     iii.        Noise monitoring was conducted at seven (7) noise monitoring stations (N12a, N12b, N13, N14, N16a, N16b and N17) once per week in the reporting period.

     iv.        No examination was taken place at N17 – Bui O Public School in the reporting period.

      v.        No Action/Limit Level exceedances were recorded in this reporting period.

 

Water Quality Monitoring

     vi.        Water quality monitoring had been commenced on 12 April 2022 the designated monitoring stations three days per week with respect to marine-based construction works commenced on 19 April 2022. HDD casing works commenced on 30 May 2022.

    vii.        Water quality monitoring on 9 August 2022 and flood tide on 24 August 2022 was cancelled due to adverse weather.

   viii.        Refer to the Section 3.4 of Environmental Permit, the monthly EM&A report will be submitted within 2 weeks after end of the reporting month, since liaison with HOKLAS Laboratory (ALS), the WQM result for Suspended Solids (SS) on 31 August 2022 could not be issued before the report due date, as such, the cut-off day for WQM for this report would be 30 August 2022. The WQM result for 31 August 2022 would be presented in next monthly EM&A report i.e. September 2022.

 

     ix.        In accordance with the EM&A Manual, 19 action level and 0 limit level exceedances on DO, 27 action level and 16 limit level exceedances on turbidity, 13 action level and 30 limit level exceedances on SS were recorded in the reporting month.

      x.        Action Level exceedances were recorded on 11 August 2022 on DO, reviewed the overall work situation with no marine works and sea condition, it can be concluded that the DO exceedances were possibly due to Tropical Storm MULAN during 9 – 10 August 2022.

     xi.        Overall exceedances on turbidity and SS (i.e. SR4, SR15 downstream to the construction site during mid-ebb, SR5, SR6, SR9, SR10 and SR12 exceedances downstream to the construction site during mid-flood,) in the reporting month were referred to the 20% / 30% of control station criteria only whereas there were no exceedance as referred to 95%-ile / 99%-ile criteria, indicating that the exceedance is due to the localized water quality better than baseline range were captured at the control station whereas the impact station are still within the baseline ranges.

    xii.        Co-related the monitoring dates with those days with recorded marine works activities, no marine dredging works were active during the reporting month.  Majority of recorded marine works activities were maintenance on working barge not in contact with water, except casing installation for marine HDD works between 2 - 6 and 15 -19 August 2022 within the replaced fully enclosed silt curtain.   Reviewed the overall work situation with limited marine works, it can be concluded that all the turbidity and SS exceedances were possibly due to natural runoff from streams to the sea as a result of frequent rainfall as recorded in the reporting month (tropical cyclone warning signals recorded on 3 - 4, 9 - 10 and 23 – 25 August 2022. There was also typhoon no. 8 on 24 – 25 August 2022). 

   xiii.        Reviewing the “and approach”, no exceedance in turbidity and SS would be recorded on adopting the ‘and’ criteria in the Action and Limit Level as proposed in submitted Baseline Monitoring Report.

 

Ecological Impact Monitoring

   xiv.        Transplanting of the trees of Aquilaris sinensis was completed on 26 April 2022. Maintenance works for trees in holding nursery have commenced.

    xv.        As per latest version of PTP, four tree found (1 no. of Aquilaria sinensis and 3 nos. of Gmelina chinensis) within the site of SSWSTW which are considered to be the plant species with conservative importance for temporarily transplanted to the nursery at Kam Tin and eventually be transplanted to Pui O Pumping Station.

   xvi.        The weekly site audit was carried out by ET include checking whether good site practices are being properly implemented by the Contractor.

  xvii.        The extent of the work site boundaries was checked by the ET during the weekly site audit.

 

 

Complaint log

 xviii.        No environmental complaint regarding the construction works was recorded in the reporting period.

 

Notifications of Any Summons and Successful Prosecutions

   xix.        No environmental notification of any summons and successful prosecution regarding the construction works was recorded in the reporting period.

 

Reporting Changes

    xx.        There are no particular reporting changes.

Future Key Issues

   xxi.        In coming reporting 3 months, the scheduled construction activities are listed as follows:

·          Excavation, sewer laying, construction of manhole at Pui O Lo Uk Tsuen

·          Construction of trunk sewers and rising mains

·          SSWSTW and HDD works

·          Site formation works for POSPS

·          Drilling works

·          Excavation works

·          ELS works

·          Piling Works

·          Superstructure RC Words

 

  xxii.        Key construction activities for the next three months with the recommended mitigation measures to be implemented are presented as follows:

 

Introduction

1.1          Scope of the Report

1.1.1.     Lam Environmental Services Limited (LES) has been appointed to work as the Environmental Team (ET) under Environmental Permit (EP) No. EP-538/2017 to implement the Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) programme as stipulated in the EM&A Manual of the approved Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report for the Outlying Islands Sewerage Stage 2 – South Lantau Sewerage Works (Register No.: AEIAR-210/2017).

1.1.2.     In accordance with Clause 3.4 stated in EP-538/2017, 4 hard copies and 1 electronic copy of Monthly EM&A Report shall be submitted to the Director within 2 weeks after the end of each reporting month.

1.1.3.     According to Section 12.2 of the Project EM&A Manual, the Monthly EM&A Report should be submitted within 10 working days of the end of each reporting month, with the first report due in the month after construction commences.

 

1.2          Structure of the Report

Section 1        Introduction – details the scope and structure of the report.

Section 2        Basic project Information and Environmental Status – summarizes project organization and key personnel contact, construction programme and works undertaken for the month. Construction programme, works undertaken during the month with illustrations, drawing showing the project area, environmental sensitive receivers and monitoring locations.

Section 3        Implementation Status – advice on the implementation status of environmental protection and pollution control/mitigation measures, as recommended in the EIA Report and summarised in the updated implementation schedule.

Section 4        Monitoring Results – summarizes the monitoring results obtained in the reporting period, including monitoring methodology, name of laboratory and equipment used and calibration details, parameters monitored, monitoring locations (and depth), monitoring date, frequency, and duration.

Section 5        Report on Complaints, Notification of Summons and Successful Prosecutions – summarizes:

                       Record of all complaints received (written or verbal) for each media, including locations and nature of complaints investigation, liaison and consultation undertaken, actions and follow-up procedures taken, results and summary;

                       Record of notifications of summons and successful prosecutions for breaches of the current environmental protection/pollution control legislations, including locations and nature of the breaches, investigation, follow-up actions taken, results and summary;

 

                       Review of the reasons for and the implications of non-compliance, complaints, summons and prosecutions including review of pollution sources and working procedures; and

                       Description of the actions taken in the event of non-compliance and deficiency reporting and any follow-up procedures related to non-compliance.

Section 6        Future Key Issues – An account of the future key issues as reviewed from the works programmed and work method statements.

Section 7        Conclusion

 

2                    Basic project Information and Environmental Status

2.1          Basic Project Information

2.1.1. Drainage Services Department is the overall project controllers for the Project. For the       construction phase of the Project, Contractor(s), Environmental Team and Independent      Environmental Checker are appointed to manage and control environmental issues. Key      personnel and contact particulars are summarized in Table 2.1:

 

             Table 2.1     Contact Details of Key Personnel

 

Party	Role	Post	Name	Contact No.	Contact Fax
Drainage Services Department (DSD)	The Engineer for the Contract	Engineer	Mr. Silas Chan	2594 7272	3104 6426
Binnies Hong Kong Limited	Engineer’s Representative	Resident Engineer	Mr. Clarence Chak	6428 5532	-
Kwan Lee – Chun Wo Joint Venture	Contractor	Site Agent	Mr. Charles Tse	9270 3384	2744 6937
		Environmental Officer	Ms. Shirley Kong	5162 5933
SMEC Hong Kong	Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)	Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)	Ms. Kitty Lee	3995 8140	3995 8101
Lam Environmental Services Limited	Environmental Team (ET)	Environmental Team Leader (ETL)	Mr. Derek Lo	2882 3939	2882 3331

 

2.2          Construction Programme

2.      

2.1.      

2.2.      

2.2.1.     The proposed sewerage works will collect the sewage generated from the unsewered areas of Shui Hau, Tong Fuk, Cheung Sha, San Shek Wan, Pui O and Ham Tin in South Lantau (i.e. within the Project Catchment Area) and convey it to a proposed sewage treatment works at San Shek Wan for treatment and disposal into outer bay of Pui O/ Chi Ma Wan via a submarine outfall.

2.2.2.     The entire Project are divided into three contracts. Contract No. DC/2020/20 (the Contract) would have the following implementations as demonstrated in Figure 2.1.

2.2.3.     The major components of the Contract under Environmental Permit (EP) (EP No. EP-538/2017) comprises: (i) construction of sewage treatment works at San Shek Wan (SSWSTW) and associated submarine outfall; (ii) construction of sewage pumping station at Pui O (POSPS); (iii) village sewage works at Pui O; and (iv) trunk sewers and rising mains on carriageways.

2.2.4.     The performance of the environmental management system of the reporting period was generally satisfied. Mitigation measures according to the environmental mitigation implementation schedule and the EIA were generally implemented by the Contractor. Hence, the EM&A programme was considered effective and shall be maintained.

 

2.3          Works undertaken during the month

2.3.      

2.3.1.     In the reporting month, the principal work activities conducted are as follow:

·       Excavation, sewer laying, construction of manhole at Pui O Lo Uk Tsuen

·       Excavation and site formation at SSWSTW and POSPS

·       Excavation at South Lantau Road

·       SSWSTW and HDD works

·       Site formation works at POSPS

·       ELS works at POSPS

The locations of works are shown in Figure 2.2.

2.4          Drawing showing the project area, environmental sensitive receivers and monitoring locations

2.4.      

2.4.1.     Noise and water monitoring location plans with sensitive receivers are shown in Figure 2.3 and Figure 2.4.

 

3              Implementation Status

3.1          Advice on the implementation status of environmental protection and pollution control/mitigation measures

3.      

3.1.      

3.1.1.     Mitigation measures according to the environmental mitigation implementation schedule in Annex A of EM&A Manual were generally implemented by the Contractor. Hence, the EM&A programme was considered effective and shall be maintained.

 

3.2          Environmental Mitigation Measures

3.2.      

3.2.1.     Environmental mitigation measures mentioned the EIA Report were weekly reviewed and recorded in Weekly Environmental Site Audit Checklist. Also, a summary of the current status on submissions and measures mentioned in Environmental Permit (EP-538/2017) are shown in Table 3.1.

 

 

 

Table 3.1     Summary of submission status under EP-538/2017

 

3.3          Environmental monitoring requirements and contractual requirements

3.3.      

3.3.1.     A summary of the current status on licences and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent to the Project is shown in Table 3.2.

 

Table 3.2     Summary of the current status on licences and/or permits on environmental protection pertinent to the Project

Permits and/or Licences	Permit. No. / Account No.	Issued Date	Valid Period & Expiry Date	Status
Notification of Works Under APCO	466408	14 Apr 2021	N/A	Valid
Discharge Licence	POPS: WT00039820-2021 SSWSTW: WT00039636-2021	31 Dec 2021   30 Dec 2021	31-12-2021 to 31-12-2026   30-12-2021 to 31-12-2026	Valid
Billing account under Waste Disposal Ordinance	Account No.: 7040411	05 May 2021	N/A	Valid
Registration as a Chemical Waste Producer	0000-931-K3428-01	13 May 2021	N/A	Valid
Construction Noise Permit	GW-RS0428-22	26 May 2022	29-05-2022 to 28-11-2022	Cancelled
	GW-RS0642-22	3 Aug 2022	05-08-2022 to 02-02-2023	Valid

Note: Only include those valid or under application; fill in “N/A” for non-applicable item(s).

 

3.4          Site Inspection and Audit Reports

6.      

7.      

7.0.      

3.4.      

3.4.1.     Within this reporting month, weekly environmental site inspections were conducted on 02, 09, 15, 23 and 30 August 2022. IEC attended the SSEMC meeting held on 15 August 2022. Holding nursery visit for transplanted trees on 15 August 2022.

3.4.2.     No non-compliance was found during the site inspection while reminders on environmental measures were recommended. Results and findings of these inspections in this reporting month are listed below in Table 3.3.

 

 

Table 3.3          Summary of Environmental Inspections

 

Inspection Date	Reminder and Recommendations	Close-out Date / Status
2 August  2022	1.       No particular finding	N/A
9 August  2022	1.       No particular finding	N/A
15 August 2022	Pui O Sewage Pumping Station 1.       Damaged cover should be replaced to prevent the soil and sand dispersion 2.       Contractor is reminded to segregating and sorting different types of waste into different recycle bins 3.       Contractor is requested to clear the stagnant water in the drip tray regularly 4.       Electric cable should be removed from the tree. Transplant trees in holding nursery 5.       The Contractor was reminded to remove other herbaceous plant species from the plant species of conservation importance, Gmelina chinensis (T742)	22 August 2022
23 August 2022	San Shek Wan Sewage Treatment Works 1.       Open pipe ends shall be placed inside collection pit to avoid accidental spill of untreated water on slope	27 August 2022
30 August 2022	Pui O Sewage Pumping Station 1.       The exposed roots of retained tree within the construction site should be protected properly Village sewers works (Lo Uk Tsuen) 2.       The generator shall be sited as far away from Noise Sensitive Receivers(NSRs) as possible or provided moveable noise barrier to reduce noise nuisance to NSRs San Shek Wan Sewage Treatment Works 3.       Oil stain was observed, contractor was requested to remove the contaminated soil  as chemical waste properly	1 September 2022

.1. 

 

4              Monitoring Results

4.1          Noise Monitoring

Monitoring methodology

4.1.1      Monitoring Procedure

(a)           The impact noise monitoring should be carried out at all the designated monitoring stations when there are project-related construction activities undertaken within a radius of 300m from the monitoring stations.

(b)           The monitoring station shall normally be at a point 1m from the exterior of the sensitive receiver’s building façade and be at a position 1.2m above the ground.

(c)           Façade measurements were made at the monitoring locations. For free-field     measurement, a correction factor of +3 dB (A) would be applied.

(d)           The battery condition was checked to ensure the correct functioning of the meter.

(e)           Parameters such as frequency weighting, the time weighting and the measurement time were set as follows:

(f)            Frequency weighting: A, Time weighting: Fast, Measurement time set: continuous 5 mins

(g)           Prior and after to the noise measurement, the meter was checked using the acoustic calibrator for 94dB (A) at 1000 Hz. If the difference in the calibration level before and after measurement was more than ±1.0 dB (A), the measurement would be considered invalid and repeat of noise measurement would be required after re-calibration or repair of the equipment.

(h)           Noise measurements will be made in accordance with standard acoustical principles and shall not be made in fog, rain, wind with a steady speed exceeding 5m/s or wind with gusts exceeding 10m/s. The wind speed shall be checked with a portable wind speed meter capable of measuring the wind speed in m/s.

 

name of laboratory and equipment used and calibration details

4.1.2      Noise monitoring was performed using sound level meter at the designated monitoring locations. The sound level meters shall comply with the International Electro-technical Commission Publications 651:1979 (Type 1) and 804:1985 (Type 1) specifications. Acoustic calibrator shall be deployed to check the sound level meters at a known sound pressure level. Brand and model of the equipment is given in Table 4.1.

 

Table 4.1     Noise Monitoring Equipment

Equipment	Brand and Model	Series Number
Integrated Sound Level Meter	Larson Davis LxT1	0006346
Acoustic Calibrator	Honglim HLES-02	2016611465

 

4.1.3      The calibration certificates of the noise monitoring equipment are attached in Appendix 4.1.

 

4.1.4      Calibration Details

(a)           The microphone head of the sound level meter was cleaned with soft cloth at regular intervals.

(b)           The sound level meter and calibrator were calibrated at yearly intervals.

 

Parameters monitored

4.1.5      The construction noise level shall be measured in terms of the A-weighted equivalent continuous sound pressure level (L_eq). L_eq(30min) should be used as the monitoring parameter. Supplementary information for data auditing, statistical results such as L10 and L90 shall also be obtained for reference.

4.1.6      For impact monitoring for construction of village sewers / rising main, noise monitoring should be undertaken on weekly basis. One set of L_eq(30min) noise level as six consecutive L_eq(5min) between 07:00-19:00 hours on normal weekdays.

 

Monitoring Stations

4.1.7      The noise monitoring stations for the Project are listed and shown in Table 4.2, impact noise monitoring was conducted at Seven (7) noise monitoring stations N12a, N12b, N13, N14, N16a, N16b and N17 once per week in the reporting month.

 

Table 4.2     Noise Monitoring Station

Remarks (1): Fine adjustment of noise monitoring stations at all locations was proposed as per EP Condition 3.1.

 

Monitoring date, time, Frequency and Duration

4.1.8      For daytime construction work on normal weekdays, monitoring of L_eq(30min) should be carried out at each station at 0700-1900 hours on normal weekdays at a frequency of once a week.  Impact monitoring schedule can be referred to Appendix 4.2.

 

Noise Monitoring Results

5.0.       

4.1.9      Noise monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of noise monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 4.3.

4.1.10    No examination was taken place at N17 – Bui O Public School in the reporting period.

4.1.11    No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in construction noise level in this reporting period.

 

4.2          Water Quality Monitoring

Monitoring Methodology

4.2.1      Monitoring Procedure

(a)           The condition near the monitoring stations shall be observed and recorded on the data log sheet.

(b)           Check of sensors and electrodes with certified standard solutions before each use.

(c)           Wet bulb calibration for a DO meter should be carried out before measurement.

(d)           Water depth should be recorded by detector before sampling.

(e)           Sample would be taken using bucket sampler at surface level.

(f)            Transfer the sampled water carefully into cleaned water bottles (2x 1000ml) provided by the laboratory at the spot after the collection of the water sample for the subsequent laboratory Suspended Solid testing.

(g)           Transfer the sampled water from the bucket sampler to the rinsed water container for in-situ measurement (In case of the in-situ measurement cannot be carried at spot due to safety and adverse weather condition, sampled water from the bucket sampler will be transfer to cleaned water bottles provided by laboratory. Then, In-situ measurement will be conducted at a safe location which sampled water inside cleaned water bottle will be transfer to the rinsed water container for in-situ measurement) In-situ measurement shall be measured in duplicate.

(h)           Parameters including Water Temperature (°C), pH (units), Salinity (ppt), DO (mg/L), DO saturation (%) will be measured by the Multifunctional Meter and Turbidity (NTU) will be measured by turbid meter. (Water Temperature and Salinity will be measured as reference parameters)

(i)             Record the result on the data log sheet and record any special finding during / after in-situ measurement.

(j)             The water sample bottles will be stored in a cool box (at cooled to 4°C  without being frozen), which shall be delivered to HOKLAS laboratory (ALS Technichem (HK) Pty Ltd) for further testing to determine the level of SS.

 

Name of laboratory and equipment used and calibration details

Laboratory Measurement / Analysis

4.2.2      Analysis of suspended solids will be carried out in a HOKLAS accredited laboratory, which is ALS Technichem (HK) Pty Ltd.

 

equipment used

Dissolved Oxygen, pH And Temperature Measuring Equipment

4.2.3      Multifunctional Meter and Turbid Meter are used at each designated monitoring station. They are capable of measuring:

(a)           a dissolved oxygen level in the range of 0-20mg/L and 0-200% saturation (Detection Limit: 0.1mg/L)

(b)           a temperature of 0-45 degree Celsius (Detection Limit: 0.1 degree Celsius)

(c)           turbidity level between 0-1000NTU (Detection Limit: 0.1NTU)

(d)           salinity in the range of 0-40ppt (Detection Limit: 0.1ppt)

(e)           pH value in range of 0.0 – 14.0 (Detection Limit: 0.1units)

 

Other monitoring equipment namely water depth meter, water current meter, dGPS positioning device, water sampler listed below were also deployed,

(a)           Water depth meter (Range: 0.6 -100m, Resolution: 0.1m)

(b)           Water current meter (Range: 0-360^o, Detection Limit: 1mm/s)

(c)           dGPS positioning device (Resolution: Horizontal: 0.25m; Vertical: 0.50 m )

(d)           Water sampler (Horizontal discrete type, Capacity: 2.2L)

 

Sampler Container and Storage

4.2.4      A water sampler, Water samples for suspended solids measurement should be collected in high-density polythene bottles, packed in ice (cooled to 4°C without being frozen), and delivered to ALS Technichem (HK) Pty Ltd. as soon as possible after collection for analysis.

 

Water Depth Detector

4.2.5      A portable, battery-operated echo sounder shall be used for the determination of water depth at each designated monitoring station. This unit can either be handheld or affixed to the bottom of the workboat, if the same vessel is to be used throughout the monitoring programme.

 

calibration details

4.2.6      Maintenance and Calibration

(a)           The responses of sensors and electrodes of the water quality monitoring equipment were cleaned and checked at regular intervals.

(b)           DO meter (Multifunctional Meter) and turbid meter was certified by a laboratory accredited under HOKLAS or any other international accreditation scheme, and subsequently re-calibrated at three monthly intervals.

 

4.2.7      Brand and model of the equipment are given in Table 4.3.

 Table 4.3   Water Quality Monitoring Equipment

 

Equipment	Brand and model	Series Number
Multifunctional Meter	Sonde YSI Professional Plus	19H100656/14E101065
Turbid meter	Xin Rui WGZ-3B	1807073

 

 

Calibration certificates of the water quality monitoring equipment are attached in Appendix 4.1.

 

Parameters monitored

4.2.8      In construction phase, the levels of dissolved oxygen (DO), temperature, turbidity and salinity should be measured in situ while suspended solids (SS) is determined by laboratory analysis.

 

MONITORING STATIONS

4.2.9      Water quality monitoring involves 9 monitoring stations. The locations of water quality monitoring station are shown in Table 4.4.

Table 4.4    Marine Water Quality Stations for Water Quality Monitoring

Station	Description	Easting	Northing
CE	Upstream control station at ebb tide	810838	807538
CF	Upstream control station at flood tide	815886	808081
SR4 (1)	Ecological Sensitive Receiver (Coral Communities) at Pui O Wan	814938	810975
SR5	Ecological Sensitive Receiver (Coral Communities) at Pui O Wan	814326	810540
SR6	Gazetted Bathing Beach at Lower Cheung Sha	810553	810475
SR9 (1)	Ecological Important Stream at Tong Fuk	811325	809787
SR10	Secondary Contact Recreational Zones at South Lantau	810561	809494
SR12 (1)	Proposed Special Site of Scientific Interest (SSSI) at Shui Hau Wan	810359	808989
SR15	Gazetted Bathing Beach at Pui O and Ecologically Important Stream at Pui O	816037	810722

Remarks (1): Fine adjustment of water quality monitoring stations at SR4, SR9 and SR12 was proposed as per EP Condition 3.1, and baseline monitoring was conducted at corresponding fine adjusted locations.

 

Monitoring date, time, Frequency and Duration

4.2.10    Water quality monitoring had been commenced on 12 April 2022 the designated monitoring stations three days per week with respect to marine-based construction works commenced on 19 April 2022.  HDD casing works commenced on 30 May 2022.

4.2.11    Water quality monitoring on 9 August 2022 and flood tide on 24 August 2022 was cancelled due to adverse weather. No substitution would be arranged for such cancellation since it is impossible to maintain the monitoring frequency as three times a week for the event of marine water quality monitoring cancellation in between time with respect to the fact that not less than 36 hours interval shall be followed for two monitoring days as required by the EM&A Manual Clause 5.1.6 (b) for the project.

4.2.12    Refer to the Section 3.4 of Environmental Permit, the monthly EM&A report will be submitted within 2 weeks after end of the reporting month, since liaison with HOKLAS Laboratory (ALS), the WQM result for Suspended Solids (SS) on 31 August 2022 could not be issued before the report due date, as such, the cut-off day for WQM for this report would be 30 August 2022. The WQM result for 31 August 2022 would be presented in next monthly EM&A report i.e. September 2022.

4.2.13    The levels of dissolved oxygen (DO), temperature, turbidity and salinity were measured in situ while suspended solids (SS) is determined by laboratory analysis at all the monitoring stations in Table 4.4 three times a week. Impact monitoring schedule can be referred to Appendix 4.2.

4.2.14    In association with the water quality parameters, other relevant data shall also be recorded, such as monitoring location / position, time, water temperature, DO saturation, weather conditions, and any special phenomena underway near the monitoring station.

4.2.15    Impact Monitoring shall be carried out three days per week, at mid-flood and mid-ebb tides (within ± 1.75 hour of the predicted time). The interval between two sets of monitoring shall not be less than 36 hours. The monitoring period should avoid concurrent marine project in the vicinity.

4.2.16    The sampling frequency of at least three days per week should be undertaken. Upon completion of the construction works, the monitoring exercise at the designated monitoring locations should be continued for four weeks in the same manner as the impact monitoring. In case exceedance of Action/Limit Level is recorded, the frequency shall be increased as per the Event and Action Plan.

4.2.17    To ensure the robustness of in-situ measurement, parameters shall be measured in duplicate. In case the difference between duplicates is larger than 25%, a third set of measurement shall be carried out.

Monitoring Results

5     

4.2.18    Marine water quality monitoring results measured in this reporting period are reviewed and summarized. Details of marine water quality monitoring results and graphical presentation can be referred in Appendix 4.4

4.2.19    Water quality monitoring is evaluated against Action and Limit Levels. Note that derived Action and Limit Level was proposed in Baseline Monitoring Report for approval. Action and Limit Levels of marine water quality monitoring have been set with reference to the EM&A Manual criteria and derived criteria as shown in Table 4.5 below.

Table 4.5    Action and Limit Levels of Water Quality

Notes (with proposed amendments in AL/LL in underlined text):

A. “Depth-averaged” is calculated by taking the arithmetic means of reading of all three depths.

B.  For DO, non-compliance of the water quality limits occurs when monitoring result is lower than the limits.

C.  For SS and turbidity, non-compliance of the water quality limits occurs when monitoring result is higher than the limits.

D. Action Level and Limit Level with 95%-ile / 99%-ile derived from baseline data “and” 20% / 30% exceedance of control station proposed in Baseline Monitoring Report.

 

4.2.20    Number of exceedances recorded during the reporting month are summarized in Table 4.6.

Table 4.6    Summary of Marine Water Quality Exceedances (EM&A manual)

	Parameter	DO (S&M)		DO (Bottom)		Turbidity		SS		Exceedance count
Station	Level exceeded	Mid Ebb	Mid Flood	Mid Ebb	Mid Flood	Mid Ebb	Mid Flood	Mid Ebb	Mid Flood	Mid Ebb	Mid Flood
SR4	Action	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	/	4/8/2022 11/8/2022 26/8/2022	2/8/2022	13/8/2022 26/8/2022	/	7	2
	Limit	/	/	/	/	24/8/2022	13/8/2022 19/8/2022	2/8/2022 4/8/2022 17/8/2022 19/8/2022 24/8/2022	22/8/2022	6	3
SR5	Action	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	11/8/2022 26/8/2022 29/8/2022	11/8/2022	4/8/2022 26/8/2022	/	7	3
	Limit	/	/	/	/	13/8/2022 22/8/2022	13/8/2022 17/8/2022	13/8/2022 17/8/2022 19/8/2022 22/8/2022	/	6	2
SR6	Action	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	/	/	11/8/2022 13/8/2022 26/8/2022	11/8/2022	26/8/2022	/	5	2
	Limit	/	/	/	/	22/8/2022	/	2/8/2022 22/8/2022 29/8/2022	26/8/2022	4	1
SR9	Action	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	11/8/2022 22/8/2022 26/8/2022	17/8/2022 26/8/2022	22/8/2022 26/8/2022	2/8/2022	7	5
	Limit	/	/	/	/	/	/	2/8/2022 24/8/2022	26/8/2022	2	1
SR10	Action	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	/	/	2/8/2022 11/8/2022 17/8/2022 26/8/2022	/	2/8/2022	/	6	1
	Limit	/	/	/	/	24/8/2022	6/8/2022 17/8/2022	4/8/2022 24/8/2022	2/8/2022 26/8/2022	3	4
SR12	Action	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	/	/	11/8/2022 26/8/2022	11/8/2022	2/8/2022	4/8/2022 15/8/2022	4	4
	Limit	/	/	/	/	13/8/2022	17/8/2022	4/8/2022	22/8/2022 26/8/2022	2	3
SR15	Action	11/8/2022	11/8/2022	/	/	11/8/2022 26/8/2022	17/8/2022	/	26/8/2022	3	3
	Limit	/	/	/	/	4/8/2022 13/8/2022	13/8/2022	2/8/2022 4/8/2022 24/8/2022	15/8/2022 22/8/2022 29/8/2022	5	4
Total	Action	7	7	3	2	20	7	9	4	59
	Limit	0	0	0	0	8	8	20	10	46

 

4.2.21    In accordance with the EM&A Manual, 19 action level and 0 limit level exceedances on DO, 27 action level and 16 limit level exceedances on turbidity, 13 action level and 30 limit level exceedances on SS were recorded in the reporting month.

4.2.22    SR4 and SR15 located at upstream of construction site during mid-flood such that the Action and Limit Level exceedances on turbidity and SS along these stations in general were contributed by upstream sources before entering the submarine outfall construction location.  Similarly, SR5, SR6, SR9, SR10 and SR12 located at upstream of construction site during mid-ebb, such that the Action and Limit Level exceedances on turbidity and SS along these stations in general were contributed by upstream sources before entering the submarine outfall construction location.

4.2.23    Checked with contractor and RSS on the marine works activities in the reporting month on the scheduled WQM dates, the following activities were recorded:

·         11, 13, 22 - 31/8/2022 - No activity

·         2 - 6, 15 - 19/8/2022 - Appliance maintenance on working barge and casing installation for marine HDD works

 

4.2.24    Action Level exceedances were recorded on 11 August 2022 on DO, reviewed the overall work situation with no marine works and sea condition, it can be concluded that the DO exceedances were possibly due to Tropical Storm MULAN during 9 – 10 August 2022.

4.2.25    Overall exceedances on turbidity and SS (i.e. SR4, SR15 downstream to the construction site during mid-ebb, SR5, SR6, SR9, SR10 and SR12 exceedances downstream to the construction site during mid-flood,) in the reporting month were referred to the 20% / 30% of control station criteria only whereas there were no exceedance as referred to 95%-ile / 99%-ile criteria, indicating that the exceedance is due to the localized water quality better than baseline range were captured at the control station whereas the impact station are still within the baseline ranges.

4.2.26    Co-related the monitoring dates with those days with recorded marine works activities, no marine dredging works were active during the reporting month.  Majority of recorded marine works activities were maintenance on working barge not in contact with water, except casing installation for marine HDD works between 2 – 6 and 15-19 August 2022 within the replaced fully enclosed silt curtain.   Reviewed the overall work situation with limited marine works, it can be concluded that all the turbidity and SS exceedances were possibly due to natural runoff from streams to the sea as a result of frequent rainfall as recorded in the reporting month (tropical cyclone warning signals recorded on 3 - 4, 9 - 10 and 23 – 25 August 2022. There was also typhoon no. 8 on 24 – 25 August 2022). 

4.2.27    Reviewing the “and“ approach, no exceedance in turbidity and SS would be recorded on adopting the ‘and’ criteria in the Action and Limit Level as proposed in submitted Baseline Monitoring Report as presented in Table 4.7.  Majority of the exceedance were considered to be false alarm with review of the “and“ approach for counteracting the over-sensitivity of control station criteria as proposed in the baseline report.

Table 4.7    Review of Exceedances in Turbidity and SS (proposed “and” approach)

	Parameter	Turbidity		SS		Exceedance count
Station	Level exceeded	Mid Ebb	Mid Flood	Mid Ebb	Mid Flood	Mid Ebb	Mid Flood
SR4	Action	-	-	-	-	0	0
	Limit	-	-	-	-	0	0
SR5	Action	-	-	-	-	0	0
	Limit	-	-	-	-	0	0
SR6	Action	-	-	-	-	0	0
	Limit	-	-	-	-	0	0
SR9	Action	-	-	-	-	0	0
	Limit	-	-	-	-	0	0
SR10	Action	-	-	-	-	0	0
	Limit	-	-	-	-	0	0
SR12	Action	-	-	-	-	0	0
	Limit	-	-	-	-	0	0
SR15	Action	-	-	-	-	0	0
	Limit	-	-	-	-	0	0
Total	Action	0	0	0	0	0
	Limit	0	0	0	0	0

 

 

4.3          Ecology

MONITORING METHODOLOGY

4       

4.1       

4.2       

4.3       

4.3.1      The weekly site audit to be carried out by the ET should include checking whether good site practices are being properly implemented by the Contractor.

4.3.2      Impact monitoring of the transplanted Aquilaris sinensis at holding nursery and one retain tree of Aquilaris sinensis in SSWSTW Project Site, establishment and after-establishment caring measures of the compensatory mixed woodland to ensure the affected tree would not be affected by any unacceptable construction works. The trees would be treated with establishment works immediately after transplanting.

 

PARAMETERS MONITORED

4.3.3      The extent of the work site boundaries should be checked by the ET during the weekly site audit.  Any disturbance by the Contractor outside the works area especially any damage to the vegetation and surrounding habitats outside the Project area shall be reported to ER and IEC.

4.3.4      To identify any unacceptable construction works for the trees of Aquilaris sinensis during transplanting, establishment and after-establishment caring measures of the compensatory mixed woodland.

 

MONITORING LOCATION

4.3.5       As per latest version of PTP, four tree found (1 no. of Aquilaria sinensis and 3 nos. of Gmelina chinensis) within the site of SSWSTW (Figure 2.5) which are considered to be the plant species with conservative importance for temporarily transplanted to the nursery (Figure 2.6) at Kam Tin and eventually be transplanted to Pui O Pumping Station.

 

MONITORING DATE, TIME, FREQUENCY AND DURATION

4.3.6      The recommended good site practices to be audited once every week as part of the site audit programme. The weekly site audit to be carried out by the ET includes checking whether good site practices are being properly implemented by the Contractor. Results are recorded in Weekly Environmental Site Audit Checklist.

4.3.7      Monitoring programme for post-transplantation will be conducted once per month (15 August 2022).

 

MONITORING RESULTS

4.3.8      The weekly site audit was carried out by ET include checking whether good site practices are being properly implemented by the Contractor.

4.3.9       The extent of the work site boundaries was checked by the ET during the weekly site audit.

4.3.10    Results and findings of site audit in this reporting month are listed in Table 3.3.

 

4.4       Waste Management

4.4.1       The quantities of waste for disposal in the Reporting Period are summarized in Table 4.8. The Monthly Summary Waste Flow Table is shown in Appendix 4.5.

 

Table 4.8     Summary of Quantities of Waste Material

Waste Type	Quantity this month	Quantity (the end of last month)	Cumulative Quantity-to-Date
Hard Rock and Large Broken Concrete (Inert) (in ‘000m3)	0	0	0
Reused in this Contract (Inert) (in ‘000m3)	0	0	0
Reused in other Projects (Inert) (in ‘000m3)	0	0	0
Disposal as Public Fill (Inert) (in ‘000m3)	0.09705	0.01537	6.70848
Metals (in ‘000kg)	0.00300	0	1.56800
Paper / Cardboard Packing (in ‘000kg)	0.04410	0	0.18158
Plastics (in ‘000kg)	0.00710	0	0.02116
Chemical Wastes (in ‘000kg)	0	0	0
General Refuses (in ‘000kg)	18.25460#	17.34	363.0246

*: Further breakdown into sub-group if considered applicable;

#: 4.6 kg of glass were recycled, and courted in general refuse.

 

 

5              Complaints, Notification of Summons and Prosecution

8.        

8.0.        

5.1.1       No environmental complaint, notification of summons and successful prosecution regarding construction works was recorded in the reporting period.

5.1.2       No notification of summons and successful prosecution regarding construction works were recorded in the reporting period.

5.1.3       Cumulative statistic on complaints and successful prosecutions are summarized in Table 5.1 and Table 5.2 respectively.

Table 5.1     Cumulative Statistics on Complaints

Reporting Period	No. of Complaints
August 2022	0
Project commencement to the end of last reporting month	1
Total	1

 

Table 5.2     Cumulative Statistics on Successful Prosecutions

Environmental Parameters	Cumulative No. Brought Forward	No. of Successful Prosecutions this month (Offence Date)	Cumulative No. Project-to-Date
Air	-	0	0
Noise	-	0	0
Water	-	0	0
Waste	-	0	0
Other	-	0	0
Total	-	0	0

 

 

6              Future Key Issues

9.        

9.0.        

6.1.1       In coming reporting 3 months, the scheduled construction activities are listed as follows:

·          Excavation, sewer laying, construction of manhole at Pui O Lo Uk Tsuen

·          Construction of trunk sewers and rising mains

·          SSWSTW and HDD works

·          Site formation works for POSPS

·          Drilling works

·          Excavation works

·          ELS works

·          Piling Works

·          Superstructure RC Works

 

6.1.2       The scheduled construction activities and the recommended mitigation measures for the coming 3 months are listed in Table 6.1. The major construction activities for the next 3 months are summarized in Three Months Rolling Programme - September 2022 to November 2022 in Appendix 6.1.

Table 6.1     Construction Activities and Recommended Mitigation Measures in Coming Reporting 3 Months

 

7              Conclusion

7.1          Noise Monitoring

7.1.1       No examination was taken place at N17 – Bui O Public School in the reporting period.

7.1.2      No action or limit level exceedance was recorded in construction noise level in this reporting period.

 

7.2          Water Quality Monitoring

7.2.1      Marine-based construction works commenced on 19 April 2022, HDD casing works commenced on 30 May 2022.

7.2.2       Water quality monitoring on 9 August 2022 and flood tide on 24 August 2022 was cancelled due to adverse weather.

7.2.3       Refer to the Section 3.4 of Environmental Permit, the monthly EM&A report will be submitted within 2 weeks after end of the reporting month, since liaison with HOKLAS Laboratory (ALS), the WQM result for Suspended Solids (SS) on 31 August 2022 could not be issued before the report due date, as such, the cut-off day for WQM for this report would be 30 August 2022. The WQM result for 31 August 2022 would be presented in next monthly EM&A report i.e. September 2022.

7.2.4       In accordance with the EM&A Manual, 19 action level and 0 limit level exceedances on DO, 27 action level and 16 limit level exceedances on turbidity, 13 action level and 30 limit level exceedances on SS were recorded in the reporting month.  No exceedance in turbidity and SS would be recorded on adopting the “and” criteria in the Action and Limit Level as proposed in the Baseline Monitoring Report.

 

7.3          Ecological Impact Monitoring

7.3.1      Transplanting of the trees of Aquilaris sinensis was completed on 26 April 2022. Maintenance works for trees in holding nursery have commenced.

7.3.2       As per latest version of PTP, four tree found (1 no. of Aquilaria sinensis and 3 nos. of Gmelina chinensis) within the site of SSWSTW which are considered to be the plant species with conservative importance for temporarily transplanted to the nursery at Kam Tin and eventually be transplanted to Pui O Pumping Station.

7.3.3       The weekly site audit was carried out by ET include checking whether good site practices are being properly implemented by the Contractor.

7.3.4       The extent of the work site boundaries was checked by the ET during the weekly site audit.

7.3.5      Within this reporting period, holding nursery visit for transplanted trees on 15 August 2022.

7.3.6       No non-compliance was found during the site inspection while reminders on environmental measures were recommended. Results and findings of these inspections in this reporting period are listed below in Table 7.1.

Table 7.1              Summary of Ecological Impact Monitoring

 

7.4          Review of the Reasons for and the Implications of Non-compliance

7.4.1      No environmental non-compliance was recorded in the reporting month.

 

7.5          Summary of action taken in the event of and follow-up on non-compliance

7.5.1      There was no particular action taken since no non-compliance was recorded in the reporting period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2.1

 

Master Layout Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2.2

 

Contract Layout Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2.3

 

Locations of Noise Monitoring Station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2.4

 

Locations of Water Quality Monitoring Stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2.5

 

Mark up Figure 5.4i extracted from approved EIA Report (AEIAR-210/2017)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2.6

 

Location Plan for Temporary Holding Nursery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 4.1

 

Copies of Calibration Certificates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 4.2

 

Impact Monitoring Schedule for Reporting Month and Next Month

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 4.3

 

Noise Monitoring Results and Graphical Presentations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 4.4

 

Marine Water Quality Monitoring Results and Graphical Presentations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 4.5

 

Monthly Summary Waste Flow Table

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 6.1

 

Three Months Rolling Programme – September 2022 to November 2022