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Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir

Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir rather than just read about it. In short: Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir, part of the Tai Tam Reservoirs, is a reservoir in Tai Tam Country Park, Tai Tam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong and has a water storage capacity of 19.6 million gallons. The reservoir was completed in 1907.

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Reference excerpt

Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir, part of the Tai Tam Reservoirs, is a reservoir in Tai Tam Country Park, Tai Tam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong and has a water storage capacity of 19.6 million gallons. The reservoir was completed in 1907. The reservoir can be accessed by the Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail. The reservoir is still in operation and the dam was constructed in slope style. Its dam and the valve house built at the centre of the dam are listed as declared monuments in September 2009.

History The Director of Public Works William Chatham had submitted to the Legislative Council a draft plan for The Extension of the Tai Tam Water Supply System, called the "Tai Tam Tuk Scheme", which will be carried out in two phases on 17 October 1903. The first phase of the construction of 195.5 million gallons (900,000 m3) water storage in Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir, which was carried out from 1904 to 1907. Therefore, Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir is geographically lower than the tunnel inlet of Tai Tam Upper Reservoir. Therefore, it is necessary to build a Tai Tam Tuk raw water pumping station on the west bank of Tai Tam Bay to pump the stored water to Tai Tam Valley and deploy it to the water supply system of the Central District through the entrance of the water conveyance tunnel. In 1977, the Water Supplies Department lowered the entire section of the dam's spillway by three metres for safety reasons, and this had left the dam looking slightly indented at its crest.

See also List of reservoirs of Hong Kong Tai Tam Reservoirs Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail

References

External links

Reservoirs of Hong Kong (1) Hong Kong and Kowloon (in Chinese) Archived 2008-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir

In research: Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Buildings and structures completed in 1907, Southern District, Hong Kong, Tai Tam Reservoirs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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