Water Advisory Committee Visits Guangdong to Inspect Dongjiang Water Supply System
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The Water Advisory Committee delegation set off for Guangdong Province on 4 November 2026 for a two-day inspection of the Dongjiang water supply system. According to a press release from the Information Services Department, the delegation visited the Gaoxinsha Reservoir in Nansha, Guangzhou, in the morning to inspect the Pearl River Delta Water Resources Allocation Project, which came into operation in 2024 and can provide Hong Kong with an emergency backup water source; in the afternoon it inspected the quality of Dongjiang water supplied to Hong Kong in Huizhou and visited the Dongjiang Basin Water Quantity and Quality Monitoring Centre. A Radio Television Hong Kong report the same day also mentioned that the project draws water from the West River and that the delegation visited the greenway in Huizhou in the afternoon to inspect the quality of Dongjiang water supplied to Hong Kong. Neither report mentioned the list of delegation members, the remaining arrangements for the itinerary or the inspection's conclusions.
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- 香港電台·即時本地Water Advisory Committee Visits Guangdong to Inspect Dongjiang Water Supply System and View Pearl River Delta Water Resources Allocation Project
The Water Advisory Committee delegation today began a two-day Guangdong itinerary to inspect the Dongjiang water supply system. This morning the delegation visited the Gaoxinsha Reservoir in Nansha, Guangzhou, to view the Pearl River Delta Water Resources Allocation Project, which came into operation in 2024 and draws water from the West River and can provide an emergency backup water source for Hong Kong. In the afternoon the delegation visited the greenway in Huizhou to inspect the quality of Dongjiang water supplied to Hong Kong, and toured the Dongjiang Basin Water Quantity and Quality Monitoring Centre.
- 政府新聞處·新聞公報Water Advisory Committee Begins Inspection of Dongjiang Water Supply System in Guangdong Province
The Water Advisory Committee delegation set off for Guangdong Province today to begin a two-day inspection of the Dongjiang water supply system. This morning, the delegation inspected the Pearl River Delta Water Resources Allocation Project at the Gaoxinsha Reservoir in Nansha, Guangzhou; the project, commissioned in 2024, can provide an emergency backup water source for Hong Kong. In the afternoon, the delegation inspected the quality of Dongjiang water supplied to Hong Kong in Huizhou and visited the Dongjiang Basin Water Quantity and Quality Monitoring Centre.
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