Black & Veatch selected to protect a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hong Kong

The South Lantau area in Hong Kong is popular for its bathing beaches and has some of the most ecologically valuable waters in Hong Kong, including a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Black & Veatch has been selected by the Drainage Services Department (DSD) in Hong Kong to conduct an Investigation Study for a sewerage treatment works at South Lantau as part of the Outlying Islands Sewerage Stage 2 project. The project will provide sewerage collection and treatment to villages in South Lantau Island whilst ensuring that the special marine environments off the island maintain their natural beauty.

Black & Veatch will be responsible for the planning, environmental permitting, and preliminary design of the sewerage collection system, which includes an environmentally-friendly compact state-of-art wastewater treatment plant and a marine outfall for effluent disposal. Black & Veatch will investigate the suitability of membrane bioreactor technology for the wastewater treatment plant. The project will also be a pilot to assess the implementation of Eurocodes, structural design codes for civil engineering, to Hong Kong for drainage and sewage works.

Black & Veatch was selected on the basis of its extensive experience in village sewerage schemes and sewage treatment design and construction. Black & Veatch’s integrated global workforce was also an important factor in the award, with the local project team having the ability to draw on Black & Veatch’s global expertise in sewerage treatment.