8 beaches get top water quality rating

 

Repulse Bay beach" Rated Grade 1

Eight of Hong Kong’s 39 gazetted beaches and one non-gazetted beach have been rated as Good (Grade 1), according to the latest grading of beaches’ water quality released by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD).

EPD said 27 of the beaches were rated as Fair (Grade 2) and five as Poor (Grade 3).

Grade 1 beaches are:  Hap Mun Bay Beach, Repulse Bay Beach,  Hung Shing Yeh Beach, Shek O Beach, Kiu Tsui Beach, South Bay Beach, Lo So Shing Beach and Upper Cheung Sha Beach.

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The Grade 2 beaches are: Anglers' Beach, Kwun Yam Beach, Butterfly Beach, Lido Beach,  Cafeteria New Beach, Lower Cheung Sha Beach, Cafeteria Old Beach, Ma Wan Tung Wan Beach, Casam Beach, Middle Bay Beach, Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach, Pui O Beach, Chung Hom Kok Beach, St. Stephen's Beach, Clear Water Bay First Beach, Stanley Main Beach, Clear Water Bay Second Beach, Tai Po Lung Mei Beach, Deep Water Bay Beach, Ting Kau Beach, Discovery Bay Tai Pak Beach, Tong Fuk Beach, Golden Beach, Trio Beach, Hoi Mei Wan Beach, Turtle Cove Beach and Kadoorie Beach

Grade 3 beaches are:, Approach Beach, Silver Mine Bay Beach, Big Wave Bay Beach, Silverstrand Beach and  Castle Peak Beach.

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Compared with the grading released last week, Repulse Bay Beach, Shek O Beach, South Bay Beach and Upper Cheung Sha Beach have been upgraded from Grade 2 to Grade 1, and Casam Beach from Grade 3 to Grade 2. Tai Po Lung Mei Beach has been changed from Grade 1 to Grade 2.

"The changes in beach water quality are generally within the normal range of natural fluctuation," an EPD spokesman said.

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Under the present grading system, beaches are classified into four grades, namely Good (Grade 1), Fair (Grade 2), Poor (Grade 3) and Very Poor (Grade 4), according to the level of E. coli in the water. Grades are calculated on the basis of the geometric mean of the E. coli counts on the five most recent sampling occasions.

While the ratings represent the general water quality at the beaches, the EPD spokesman reminded members of the public that water quality could be temporarily affected during and after periods of heavy rain. Bathers should avoid swimming at beaches for up to three days after a tropical cyclone or heavy rainfall.