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Water Quality Forecast and Management System for Hong Kong

25 May 2011

 

The Project WATERMAN, a joint collaboration between the Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Computer Science of HKU, will organise a series of public lectures at the Hong Kong Central Library during April to September 2011, covering topics related to beach water quality forecast, 3D environmental impact assessment, and fisheries management and red tide forecast.

The first lecture titled "Real-time Beach Water Quality Forecast for Hong Kong" was successfully held on April 26, 2011. The second upcoming lecture, titled "3D Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)" will be given by Prof. Joseph Hun-wei Lee (Principal Investigator of Project WATERMAN) and Prof. Wenping Wang (Co-Principal Investigator of Project WATERMAN) on May 31, 2011.  The lecture will address the challenges of the EIA practices for the water environment in Hong Kong and introduce the major components in Project Waterman's EIA system. The development of robust modelling, advanced visualization, and GIS and Internet-based graphics technologies will be illustrated together with practical application examples including the real-time control of disinfection dosage for the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS). Our Guest of Honour, Mr. Benny Wong, JP, Deputy Director of Environmental Protection will give the Opening Speech for the event.

Media representatives are cordially invited to attend the event.

Speaker	Prof. Joseph Hun-wei Lee Principal Investigator of Project WATERMAN, HKU Vice-President for Research & Graduate Studies, HKUST Prof. Wenping Wang Co-Principal Investigator of Project WATERMAN, HKU Department of Computer Science, HKU
Date	May 31, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time	6:30 - 8:00 pm
Venue	Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong Central Library, 66 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese and Putonghua (with simultaneous English translation)

About Project WATERMAN
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has donated HK$29.76 million to Project WATERMAN, a joint project between the Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Computer Science of The University of Hong Kong. The project aims to develop a water quality forecast and management system for use by the government departments and by the general public, and thereby raising the public awareness of a better water environment for Hong Kong.

For programme enquires, please contact Miss Hung at 2859-2663. For media enquiries, please contact Ms. Trinni Choy, Assistant Director (Media) of Communications & Public Affairs Office (Tel:2859 2606/ Mobile:9464 3431/ E-mail:pychoy@hku.hk)