Kowloon Reservoir

Kowloon Reservoir
Kowloon Reservoir viewed from the main dam
Kowloon Reservoir is located in Hong Kong
Kowloon Reservoir
Kowloon Reservoir
LocationKam Shan Country Park, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°21′14″N 114°09′12″E / 22.35381°N 114.15323°E / 22.35381; 114.15323
Lake typereservoir
Built1906; 118 years ago (1906)
Water volume1,578,000 cubic metres (55,700,000 cu ft)
Kowloon Reservoir
Traditional Chinese九龍水塘
Simplified Chinese九龙水塘
Literal meaningNine Dragons Reservoir
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiǔ lóng shuǐ táng
Hakka
RomanizationGeo2 Lung4 Sêü2 Tong4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGáu lùhng séui tòhng
JyutpingGau2 lung4 seoi2 tong4

Kowloon Reservoir, part of the Kowloon Group of Reservoirs, is a reservoir in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, located within the Kam Shan Country Park. The total water storage capacity is 353 million gallons and the total cost of construction was $619,000.[1]

  1. ^ "WSD - Kowloon Reservoir". Water Supplies Department. Retrieved 5 April 2021.