Glossary of Waterworks Terms

Water Supplies Department

W
 A

a.c.pipe [asbestos cement pipe] [ ]

A.H.U. room
A/C plant room
abnormal reading-backward reading
ABS [acrylonitrile butadiene styrene]
absolute value
absorbed dose [ ]
absorbent vessel
absorber [chlorine]
absorber performance [chlorine]
absorption
absorption fan
absorption tower
abstraction level
accelator tank
Acceptance Reference No.
access
access road
accident time phase
acetone
acetylene
acid
acid pipework & nozzles
acid pump
acid-dosed feed water
acidity
acoustic lining
acoustic screen
acoustic shed
acoustic shield
acrylic paint
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene [ABS]
actinides
action plan
activated carbon
active sites [in filter media] [ ]
activity
actual cost

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adaptor [ ]
ADC [analogue to digital converter]
additional connection
additional deposit
additional works
admixture
ADS [analogue to digital converter]
advanced waste-water treatment
advanced works
aeration
aeration of raw water
aflatoxin
after cooler
aged mains
AGLESO [Association of Government Land and
Engineering Surveying Officers]
agreed figure
AGTSO [Association of Government Technical
and Survey Officers]
air circuit breaker
air compressor
air compressor room
air cooled engine
air scour blower
air scour rate indicator
air scour rate transmitter
air space
air valve
air valve pit
air ventilator
air-cooled chiller
air-cooled package chiller unit with
copper fins condenser
alarm trip-point
alert position
algae [ ]
alignment adj ustments
alignment plan
alkaline
alkalinity [of water]
all risk insurance [insurance of works]

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Alliance of Staff Unions of WSD
alteration of house number
alum
alum dilution
aluminium
aluminium sulphate [Alum]
ambient vaporizer
ammonia
ammonia content
ammonia solution [ammonium hydroxide]
ammoniacal nitrogen content/level
ammonium hydroxide [ammonia solution]
ammonium sulphate
ammonium sulphate dosing system
analogue flow signal
analogue to digital converter [ADC]
anchor block
anion
annual fuel cost
annual operating cost
Annual Presentation Ceremony
annual rate of growth
annulus
anthracite
antifoam tank
antisiphonage culvert
anti-skid
anti-vacuum valve
anvil
apparatus store
Application for Certificates Regarding
Availability of Potable and Flushing Water
Supply
Application for Metered Supply [ ]
[Circulation Sheet]
application for new water supply
Application for Refund without a Deposit [
Receipt ]
Approved Contractors for Public Works List
approved plan
Approved Specialist Contractors for Public
Works List

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aqueduct
aqueduct system
aqueous solution
arc welding
archival, display and analysis
argon arc welding
arranged in groups [ ]
artery
article of agreement
asbestos cement pipe [a.c.pipe] [ ]
asbestos packing
ASPAC [Asia Pacific Group of IWSA]
assembly
assembly rack
Asset Management Plan [AMP]
Asset Management Study
associated works
Association of Government Land and Engineering
Surveying Officers [AGLESO]
Association of Government Technical and Survey
Officers [AGTSO]
Association of Water Meter Reading Staff
[AWMRS]
asymmetrical fission yield
atomic absorption spectrometer [ ]
[graphite furnace]
atomic number
Attending Consumer Fault Complaint
Competition
Attending Main Burst Incident Competition
audit report
authorized architect
authorized person
automated on-line water accounts adj ustments
automatic control switch
automatic float switch
automatic level measuring device
auto-transformer
auxiliary water pump
average mean daily consumption
Awards for Staff Motivation Scheme

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AWMRS [Association of Water Meter Reading
Staff]
axial flow pump

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 B

back lash
backfill
backfilling
background radiation
backwash
bacterial contamination
bacteriological analysis
bacteriological degradation
bacteriological laboratory
bacteriological preparation and washing
up room
bacteriological quality [ ]
bad meter position
bad payer
baffle plate
baffle wall
balance disc
balance room
balance tank
balancing pipeline
ball bearing
ball valve [ ]
Bank Automated Teller Machine [ATM]
bank guarantee
barrack
barrack room
barrier gate
base exchange
batch measurement system
battery room
bearing oil
becquerel [Bq]
bedding and binding sand
bedplate
bellmouth
bellmouth siphon spillway
bench scale study
bentonite
berm channel [surface channel] [ ]
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Best Performing Region in Customer Services
Competition
Best Performing Sections in Closing Job Records
Competition
Best Work Site Competition
bevel gear
bidet
bi-discipline post
Bilateral Liaison Group
bill of quantities
Bill Payment Service
billing period
biological analysis
biological filters
biological nitrification
biological nitrification technique
bitumen lining
bitumen-coated
black pipe
blackish water
blade angle control unit
blank plate
blast furnace
bleaching powder [ ]
block plan
blow-off valve
blue water
body strength
bolts of valve
booster pump
booster pumping station
booster water pump
boring machine
bottled fuel
bottom suction centrifugal type
boulder
box culvert
Bq [becquerel]
brake horse power
brake horse power curve
branch pipe

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brass gate valve
break pressure tank

brick block
brisbane
Brisbane box
British Standard
British Standard Institution
British Standard Specification
BS EN /
BS Kitemark
buffer
building site
building supply
building water supply system
bulk meter
bulk storage fuel tank [storage in bulk tank]
bungalow
buried watermains
bus section
bus section circuit breaker
busbar
bush
busher
business classification code
Business Meeting
butterfly valve
butylene
byewash
byewash reservoir
by-pass arrangement
by-pass valve
by-pass waterpipe

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 C

C.A.B.A. set
C.I. connector [cast iron connector]
C.T.C [carbon tetrachloride]
cable draw pit
cable interconnector
cable shaft
cable termination
caesium [Cs]
caesium hydroxide
caesium iodide [Cs1]
caesium monoatomic
calcium carbonate
calcium carbonate scale
calcium hydroxide
calcium hypochlorite [chloride of lime]
calcium oxide
calcium sulphate scale
calibration
calking set
calliper
calorifier
capacitor room
capillary fitting
capillary j oint
capital works
Capital Works Reserve Fund
carbon contact chamber
carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide equipment
carbon tetrachloride [C.T.C]
carborumdum
CARBS [Cancel and Rebill Sub-system]
caretaker system [ ]
carrying capacity
CARS [Computerized Attendance Records
System]
cartographic assistant
Case Studies of Construction Accidents
in Hong Kong

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cash security deposit
cast iron connector [C.I. connector]
cast iron detachable j oints
cast iron hatchbox
cast iron pipe
catalyst
catchment area
catchwater
catchwater area
catchwater lining & invert

category A/B/C stage / /

category D item
cathodic protection system
cation
caustic
caustic potash [potassium hydroxide] [ ]
caustic soda [sodium hydroxide] [ ]
caustic soda solution
caustic soda pump
caustic soda tank
CCPHI [Co-ordinating Committee on Land-use
Planning and Control relating to Potentially
Hazardous Installations]
CEG [Civil Engineering Graduate]
cement mortar
Central Tender Board
centralised proxy card security
management system
centralized hot water system
centre punch
centrifugal pump
Certificate in Plumbing Services [Hong Kong]
Certificate of Completion
Certificate of Safety Compliance
cesspool
chain block
chainage
change cut-line
change of consumership
change of mailing address

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Change of Service Address [ ]
channel
berm channel
channel on top of cutting slope
surface channel
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental
Management
[HK Branch]
check meter
check valve [non-return valve]
chemical analysis
chemical dosage
chemical house
chemical waste store
chequered plate
chequered plate kerbing
Chernobyl
Chinese Society of Water and Wastewater
Engineering
chisel
chloride of lime [calcium hypochlorite]
chlorinated hydrocarbon
chlorinated polyvinyl chloride [PVC-C]
chlorination
chlorination equipment
chlorination house
chlorination room
chlorination rubber paint
chlorination station
chlorinator
chlorine absorber system
chlorine cloud
chlorine contain and absorb system
chlorine contain system
chlorine container
chlorine cylinder
chlorine drum
chlorine evaporator
chlorine gas
chlorine gas leak detection system
chlorine gas scrubbing system [chlorine absorber]

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chlorine mixed gas
chlorine monitor
chlorine plant local control panel
chlorine residue sampling pump
chlorine room
chlorine scrubber house
chlorine storage tank
chlorine store
ClO 2
circulating water pump
circulation sheets [new accounts] [c-sheets]
cistern type water heater
City and Guilds of London
Civil Engineering Graduate [CEG]
Civil Engineering Works Index
clamp
‘C’ clamp C
‘U’ clamp U
clarification
clarifier
clarifier tank
clarity bowl
clay
clear effective length
clear water tank
clip
close fitting
closed aqueduct
closed circuit cooling type
closed loop reactor
CMS [Contamination Monitoring System]
coagulant
coagulant-aid
coagulation
cofferdam
col dam
cold solvent welding
coliform
collection of dead fish
combination fitting

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combination helix water meter
Commendation Committee
commissioning
common connection
common corridor
common down feed pipe
common meter connection
common suction tank
communal inside service
communal lavatory
communal metering
communications controller
compaction test
competent person
complaints officer
composite sandwich construction
composite thermoplastic pipe
compressed acetylene
compressed composite plastic
compressed gases
compression fittings
compression j oint
compressor plant
compressor room
Computerized Attendance Records System
[CARS]
Computerized File Tracing System [FITS]
concealed piping
concrete block
concrete lining
concrete mixer
concrete piers & block
condenser
conductivity
conduit [ ]
connecting rod
connection
connection account
connection alignment plan
connection fee

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connection point
connector
connector after meter
construction of illegal stream intakes above
catchwaters
Consultancy Study on Private Sector
Participation in the Provision of Water Supply
Services
consultation zone
consumer
Consumer Account No.
Consumer Guide Book
Consumer Services Inspector
Consumer Services Inspectors’ Association
[CSIA]
Consumer Services Registry
consumership not taken up
consumption
contact tank
containment
Contamination Monitoring System [CMS]
contingency sum
contract document
contract drawing
contract gratuity
contract period
contract sum [tendered sum]
contractor
contractor’s claims
Contractor’s Order [Works Order]
Contractor’s “No Further Claim” Certificate
control cabinet
control console
control module
control report [ ]
control valve
cooling tower
cooling water pump
Co-ordinating Committee on Land-use Planning
and Control relating to Potentially Hazardous
Installations [CCPHI]
copper sulphate

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copper tube
core blow air receiver
corrosion
corrosive substance
count rate
counts per second [cps]
coupling
coupling j oint
cover glass broken
cps [counts per second]
craft apprentice
Craft Certificate in Plumbing and Pipesetting
crank pin bearing
crank shaft
crimp/clamp /
crimping tool
cross connection
cross contamination
cross-connection valve
cross-harbour pipe
cross-harbour water
crosslinked polyethylene
crosslinked polyethylene
aluminium crosslinked polyethylene composite
pressure pipe [PEX-AL-PEX]
cryptosporidia cyst
cryptosporidium oocyst
cryptosporidium
crystallization ( )
crystallinity
Cs [caesium]
CSIA [Consumer Services Inspectors’
Association]
culvert
Customer Enquiry Centre
Customer Enquiry Telephone Service
customer liaison group
Customer Service Officer
Customer Telephone Enquiry Centre
Customer Telephone Enquiry Hotline
cut-line valve

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cutting & filling slope
cutting fluid
cylinder

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 D

DAF sludge tank scraper variable speed gearbox

daily cooling water tank

daily delivery
daily fuel tank
daily water tank
Dall short insert tube
Dall tube
dam
data logger
datapak line
daughter nuclide
Daya Bay
daylight sensor
dead time
debugging of equipment
decking
dedicated closed aqueduct
Dedicated Roadworks Inspection Team
deep shaft
deep well water pump
delay vessel
delivery pipe
delivery side
delivery watermains
demand centre
demand in water supply
demand note
demand proj ection
demister material
Departmental Staff Card [DSC]
deposit
deposit exemption
deposit receipt
Deposit Section
deposition & compaction of fill material
deposition pattern
depot staff quarters

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Derived Intervention Level [DIL]
derrick crane
Design and Construction Technical Liaison
Group
Design and Construction Technical Sub-group
design life
desilting work
destratification
detailed design
detectable activity level
detectable warning tape
detection limit
detector
detergent
dewatered
dewatering building
dewatering house
dewatering house local control console
dewatering sump pump
diagrammatic layout
dial gauge
diaphragm type
diesel engine
diesel fuel [kerosene lubricating oil]
diesel oil
differential pressure transmitter
digitizer
DIL [Derived Intervention Level]
dilute polymer tank
direct bleed-off
direct catchment area
direct reading dosimeter ( ) ( )
direct supply
discharge
discharge form
discharge mechanism
discharge silencer
discoloured water
disconnection of water supply
dissolved air flotation process

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dissolved oxygen content
distance piece
distillation
distribution mains
distribution transformer
diversion of water pipe
dolosses' blocks
domestic rate
domestic supply
domestic waste
domestic waste water /
Dongj iang artificial bank-up shoal
Dongj iang-Shenzhen open channel
transfer system
Dongj iang-Shenzhen Water Supply
Engineering Administration Bureau
Dongj iang-Shenzhen Water Supply Works Water
Price Estimation Sub-group
Dongshen - Hong Kong Water Supply Scheme
dosage
dose equivalent
dose rate
dosimeter
double acting engine
double column vertical boring mill
double entry split casing centrifugal type
double sealed cover
double-sealed cover absorption
down feed pipe
drain cofferdam
drain valve
Drainage Authority
drainage chamber
drainage culvert
drainage inspection gallery [High Island] [ ]
drainage pump
drainage works
drain-off pipe
draw-off
draw-off point

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draw-off tower
draw-off tunnel
drawpit
drencher system
drill and blast method
drip tray
“Droplet”
drum
dry season
dry well
DSC [Departmental Staff Card]
dual connection
dual-flush flushing cistern
ductile iron
ductile iron pipe
dumper
duplicated supply circuits
dust extractor
duty point of pumps

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 E

earth embankment dam

earth fault relay
earth gear
earthwork
East River Water Supply Scheme
Eastern Asia Water Supply Association
E.coli
efficiency calibration
efficiency initiatives [ ]
elastomerid j oint rings and lubricant for j oints
elbow bend
electric furnace
electric pump
electric travelling crane
electric welding set
electrical rewiring
electrical wiring
electrically operated valve
electro-chlorination system
electro-chlorinator
electrofusion coupler
electrofusion welding
electronic circuit
elevation
emergency alternator driving engine
emergency chlorine absorption system
emergency control centre
emergency generator room
emergency standby gang
emergency stop button
emery cloth
enclosure of water heater
encrustation [ ]
energy calibration
engine control panel
engine cooling water heat exchanger
engine driven pump
engine hall

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engine load indicator
engine maj or overhaul
engine running hour [hour-run meter meter]
engine speed indicator
engine stalling
engine top overhaul
engineer inspection for maintenance
Engineering Assistant
epoxy binder
epoxy resin coated
equivalent [chemical] [ ]
erratic change in water quality
ethylene
European Standards [EN]
eutrophication
evaporative type cooling plant
evaporator
evaporator-feed pump

excavation permit
exhaust pipe
exhaust silencer
exhaust valve
expansion j oint
expansion pipe
explosive
extended grace of time of payment
extension bar
extension of inside service
external overflow
external protection

extra works
eye glass type eye protector
eye protector

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 F

F.W.pipe [fresh water pipe]

fabridam
fan room
fan-heater
FASCAM [Full Annual Staff Cost at Mid-point]
[ ]
FASCAM ceilings
fast track programme
fault complaint
Fault Complaint Report [ ]
Fault Repair Team
fault tree
feasibility study
Fee Account [ ]
feed gas blower
feed pipe
feed tank
feeder
feeler gauge
fencing
ferrous sulphate
ferrule
file
File Tracking System [FITS]
filling material
filter beds
filter cake hopper
filter cartridge
filter column
filter console
filter controller
filter gallery
filter press
filter press feed pump
filter press hydraulic power pack
filter press sludge feed pump
filter rate of flow indicator
filter rate of flow transmitter

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filter sand
filtered water
filters
filtrate pump
Filtrate Volume/Media Volume Ratio [FV/MV] /
filtration
final bill
final bill [certificate] [ ]
final contract sum
final free residual chlorine
final pH conditioning
fire hydrant
Fire Offices Committee
fire service
fire service connection
fire service drencher system
Fire Service Installation Contractor Class II
fire service pump room
fire service retention fees
fire service ring mains
fire service sprinkler
Fishing Licence
fission
fitting
fixed wrong way round [meter] [ ]
flange
flange adapter
flanged j oint
flank
flap valve
flat file
flavour threshold number
flexible coupling
flexible pipe
float operated valve
float switch
floc
flocculation tank
flood
flood protection wall

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flow condition
flow indicator
flow meter
flow recorder
Flow Time/Flow Rate Graph /
fluctuation
fluoridation
fluoride dosing equipment
flushing apparatus
flushing cistern
flushing supply
flushing water system
flywheel
foam equipment
foot valve [ ]
forced ventilation
forced ventilation system
5-day rainfall forecast
forge steel
form of tender
Form ‘f’ (f)
Form ‘g’ (g)
Form ‘i’ (i)
Form ‘j ’ (j )
formwork
foundation grouting technique
four j aw chuck
four stroke engine
free ammonia
free outlet type water heater
fresh water
fresh water distribution main
fresh water main
fresh water pipe [F.W.pipe]
fresh water pump
fresh water pumping station
fresh water supply zone
fuel consumption
fuel daily tank
fuel meter

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fuel oil service tank
fuel supply system
fuel tank
full [ultimate] design capacity [ ]
Full Annual Staff Cost at Mid-point[FASCAM]
[ ]
full-cost recovery pricing policy
fullway gate valve
furnace
fusion j ointing
fusion method
‘Future Increase of Water Supply from China’
proj ect

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 G

G.I. pipe [galvanized iron pipe]

G.I. tube [galvanized iron tube]
galvanized iron pipe [G.I. pipe]
galvanized iron tube [G.I. tube]
Gamma spectrometer
Gamma spectroscopy
gas chromatograph
gas furnace
gas geyser
gas welding
gasket
gate valve
gates and barriers
gauge basin
Gazette Notification
Ge [germanium]
Geiger-Muller counter -
general ablution
general conditions of contract
general deposit
general specification
Geographic Information System [GIS]
Geoguide 5/Geotechnical Engineering Office 5
geotextile membrane filtration
germanium [Ge]
Giardia cyst
gillnet survey
gland leak
gland nut
gland packing
glass reinforced plastic pipe
globe valve
glycol pump
“GO” case
Government contractor
Government mains
Government RGs
Government supply

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Government unrestricted supply ring main
Government water supply pressure
Government Waterworks Professionals
Association [GWPA]
Grade I Plumber’s Licence
Grade II Plumber’s Licence
graphite-moderated reactor [RBMK]
grating
gravity flow conduit
gravity supply
Gray
grinding machine
grommet
gross alpha activity
gross beta activity
gross radioactivity
Guangdong Nuclear Power Station
Guangdong Provincial Bureau for Water
Conservancy and Hydro-Power
gudgeon pin bearing
“Guidelines for drinking - water quality, I
Volume I ”
Guidelines for Excavation near Watermains
gunmetal
gusset bend & tee
GWPA [Government Waterworks Professionals
Association]

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 H

H.V. switch room

half round file
half-life
hammer
hand chain
hand drill
hand dug trial hole
hand operated valve
hand pump
hand rail
hand-held vice
hands missing
hands not in the proper position [pointers not in
the proper position
hardening
hardness [of water]
Hazard and Operability Study [HAZOP]
hazard assessment
HAZOP and Methodology Report

HDPE [high density polyethylene]

HDPE-AL-HDPE
high density polyethylene/aluminium/
high density polyethylene composite pressure pipe
head
header tank
Headworks
headworks Control [Gardening] [ ]
headworks equipment
heat exchanger
heat input section
heavy duty
heavy fuel oil
heavy oil engine
helical gear
helix water meter
helmet type eye protector
Helping Business Programme
hessian

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high consumption
high density polyethylene
aluminum
high density polyethylene composite pressure
pipe [HDPE-AL-HDPE]
High Island Tunnel System
high performance liquid chromatograph
high voltage switchboard
HK Government WSD Employees Union
HOKLAS [Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation
Scheme]
HOKLAS Directory of Accredited Laboratory
Hong Kong & Kowloon Plumbing &
Ironwork Workers Union
Hong Kong e-Post Service [ ]
Hong Kong Licensed Plumbers
Association Ltd. [LPA]
Hong Kong Plumbing & Sanitary Ware
Trade Association Ltd.
Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency
Hong Kong Radiological Protection Advisory
Group
Hong Kong Waterworks Merit Award
Hong Kong Waterworks Standard Requirements
horizontal pump
horizontal split casing type
horizontal valve
hose reel
hour-run meter [engine running hour meter]
House Service Account
housing [ ]
Howes Plague
humidifier
hundred M.G.
hydrant
hydrated lime
hydraulic
hydraulic constriction
hydraulic j ack
hydraulically operated valve
hydrazine
hydrochloric acid
hydrogen sulphide

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hydrology
hydro-pneumatic system
hydro-vent system

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 I

identification tape
IL [intervention level]
illegal connection
illegal dumping
immersion heating type [ ]
IMPACTS [Inventory Management, Procurement
and Accounting Control Technique System]
impounding reservoir
inaccessibility of water meter
incoming cable [ ]
index dirty
index of the meter being dirty
indirect catchment area
indirect supply
individual connection
individual stop valve
induction regulator
inductively coupled plasma emission
spectrometer
Industrial or Trade supply
inflation allowance
Infolink
Information Systems Strategy Study [ISSS]
inj ector
inlet chamber
inlet flume
inlet pipe
inlet pipeline
inlet side
inlet silencer
inlet supply pipe
inlet valve
in-line booster station
input shaft
insecticidal and sterilizing fluids
inside calliper
inside service
inspection gallery [High Island] [ ]
inspection house

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inspection manhole
installation
installed capacity
instantaneous room-sealed balance flue gas
water heater
instantaneous trip relay
instantaneous water heater
Institute of Plumbing of the United Kingdom
instrument
instrument air dryer
Insurance of Works [All risks insurance]
intake
intake penstock
intake screens and guides
Integrated Materials and Job Records
Management System
interactive voice response system
interconnected pipe
intercooler
interface
Interim Certificate
interim payment
internal diameter
internal distribution mains
internal face of value pit
internal meter test
International Agency for Research on Cancer
International Water Supply Association [IWSA]
interruption of water supply
intervening valve
intervention level [IL]
Inventory Management, Procurement and
Accounting Control Technique System
[IMPACTS]
invert
inverter
investigation
ion exchange
irrigation channel
irrigation pump house
irrigation reservoir

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isolation valve
isolator
isomer
iso-risk contours
ISSS [Information Systems Strategy Study]
IWSA [International Water Services Association]

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 J

j acking force
j acking pit
j et disperser
JETPAYMENT
j ob closing time
j ob record
Johnson coupling
Joint Design and Construction Technical Liaison
Group
Joint Engineers
Joint Working Group for Salary Structure
Review on Technical Inspectorate and Related
Grades

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 K

KBq
kerosene [diesel fuel lubricating oil]
keep uniform pumping
Key Result Areas [KRAs]
kPa

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 L

L.V. motor test bay

L.V. switch room
laboratory water booster pump
Laishley Cup
land lot
Lands and Works Group Sports Day
language proficiency requirements
lantern ring
lapping
Larner-Johnson valve
lathe
latrine
lavatory basin
lead j oint
lead washer
leakage
Leakage Committee
leakage control
leakage of inside service
Letter of Appreciation
Letter of Indemnity
level electrode
level indicator
level mark
level recorder
licensed plumber
Licensing System for Plumbers
lifting ring
lightning arrestor
lime agitator gearbox
lime bag splitter
lime dust collector
lime grinder gearbox
lime hopper
lime store
limnological survey
line spectrum
lined galvanized steel pipe

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Linsoln valve
liquefied CO 2
liquid drawoff system
liquid oxygen tanker
liquidated damages
List of Approved Contractors for Public Works
load chain
load shedding procedure
load torque
local public works
lock nut
locked-up premises
locking device
lock
longscrew connector
loose j umper type stopcock
loose key
loss of head indicator
loss of head transmitter
low abrasion resistance
low level fresh water supply zone
low-head pumping system
lubricant
lubricating oil [diesel fuel kerosene]
lump sum contract

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 M

machinability
machine
machine shop section
machinery
machining
magnetic converter
magnetic flow meter
main pipe
main switchboard
mainlaying by open cut method ‘ ’
mainlaying by trenchless techniques ‘ ’
mains
mains burst
mains record plans
mains water supply
mains water supply system
Maintenance Certificate
maintenance contract
Maintenance Log Book
maintenance period
maj or contract
management review of WSD
man-day
manganese
manganese content
manganese reaction tank
manhole cover
man-hour
manual test easing gear
marking off table
mask of BA sets
masonry dam
mastic sealant
maximum static pressure
MCA [multichannel analyzer]
MDA
MDPE [medium density polyethylene]
measured along cone

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mechanical coupler
Mechanical Engineering [Plant] Certificate [ ]
mechanical spare store
media recovery tank
Medical Assessment
mega electron volt [MeV]
melt flow
membrane air exhaust to atmosphere
meter [ ]
meter accuracy test
meter arranged in groups
meter box
meter casing
meter change
meter counter
meter covered by earth or debris
meter damaged
meter dial running backward
meter disconnection
meter hand missing and the glass intact
meter index dirty / /

meter j oint leaking

meter leaking
meter lid missing
meter missing or stolen
meter not registering
meter obstruction
meter oversized
meter pipe before/after meter /
meter pit flooded
meter pointers missing and the glass intact
meter position
meter reading
“Meter Reading Maps” System
meter refixing
Meter Removal Card
meter repair workshop
meter room
meter seal missing or broken

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meter shop
meter stopcock
meter testing laboratory
meter undersized
meter yard
metered connection
metered premises
metered standpipe
metered water supply
metering chamber
meters being fixed in reverse
methylated spirit
metropolitan area
MeV [mega electron volt]
Michell bearing
micrometer
microorganism
mild steel barrier
mild steel pipe
milling machine
milling sharpening
million gallons [M.G.]
million gallons per day [M.G.D.]
millisievert
mimic diagram
minimum detectable activity level
minimum flushing volume
Misread/Over-assessment / [ ]
mixed flow pump
mixing chamber
mixing valve
mobile gang
modem
molecular weight
motor anti-condensation heater
motor spare room
motor stool
motor windings
motorised valve actuator
motorized damper

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MPC type meter
MPD
MR code
MSSET [Multi-skill Service and Emergency
Team]
muddy slurry
muffler
multichannel analyzer [MCA]
multi-disciplinary nature
multi-discipline post
multiple tray sedimentation process
Multi-skill Service and Emergency Team
[MSSET]
multi-stage pump

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 N

NaOH
NaOH solution tank mixer
natural yield
needle bearing
needle valve
neoprene
neutralized gas discharged to atmosphere
new slope catalogue
ng
nitrate nitrogen
nitric acid
nitrification plant
nitrites
nitrogen
no load test
nodal damper
no-dig method
nominal diameter
nominal level
non-centralized hot water system
non-compliance of repair work demanded
non-concussive type
non-payment of fee account
non-payment of water charges
non-payment of water deposit
nuclide removal efficiency for raw water
supplied to Hong Kong

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 O

Occupational Safety Charter

ocean going shipping water supply
off-fishing-season
off-tank supply
on load test
One-stop Service [ ]
on-line
on-line monitoring data
on-line water contamination monitoring system

open aqueduct system

open channel
open-top service reservoir
Operation and Management Technical Sub-Group
operation services review
operational parameters
organic peroxide
orthophosphate
outlet valve
Outline Development Plan
out-of-pocket expenses
outsourcing contract
outstation
overflow pipe
overflow tunnel
overhead crane
overlapping length
overturning moment
oxidative corrosion
oxidizing agent

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 P

P P dosing system
PAC dosing system
packing gland
painting and decoration
panel
paraffinic hydrocarbon solution
parallel operation
parent nuclide
particular specification
particulate filter
parts per million[p.p.m.]
p.p.m. [parts per million]
paylist
payment of water charges by instalments
Payment-By-Phone [PPS]
PB [polybutylene]
PC type meter
PE [polyethylene]
PE-AL-PE composite pipe
pedestal fire hydrant
penstock
permanent pumping station
permit-to-work
personal protective equipment [PPE]
perspective sketch
petrol engine
PEX-AL-PEX composite pipe
pH equipment
pH value
Phosphates
photomultiplier
photosynthesis
pickling
piezometer
pilot valve
pin j ointed
pinion
pipe alignment plan

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pipe bending machine
pipe clip
pipe fitting
pipe j acking works
pipe laying
pipe locator
pipe sleeves
pipe socket
pipe wrenches
pipe yard
pipes embedded in concrete
pipeworks
piston
piston rod
piston type water meter
pit
pit cover
pitch of thread
plain bearing
plain copper pipe
planing machine [ ]
planned maintenance
planned suspension of water supply
plant
plant fault & outages
plant water
Plumbers' Licences [Grade I II] [ ]
plumber’s licence application registry
plumbing
Plumbing Craft Certificate
plumbing diagram
plumbing installation
plumbing line diagram
plumbing modifications
plumbing proposal /
plumbing submission /
plumbing system
plumbing work
pneumatic pump
pneumatic pump system

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Point Penalty System
pointers not in the proper position [hand not in
the proper position]
poker vibrator
polyacrylamides [ ]
polybutylene [PB]
polyelectrolyte room
polyelectrolyte system I I
polyethylene [PE]
- Crosslinked polyethylene
- high density polyet [HDPE]
- medium density [MDPE]
polyethylene lined steel pipe
polyethylene lining
polyethylene tape with a continuous aluminium
foil inside
polymer
polymer header tank
polymer local control panel
polyolefine
polyvinyl chloride
portable grinder
portable pump
portal
positive pressure type [breathing apparatus] [ ]
potable water
potable water pump
potassium hydroxide [caustic potash] [ ]
potassium permanganate
potentially hazardous installation
power factor correction capacitor
power factor indicator
power factor meter
power supply panel
power supply room
power transformer
precast concrete
prechlorination house
pre-chlorine
precision gauge
pre-lime

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preliminary alignment
preliminary design study
Preliminary Proj ect Feasibility Study [PPFS]
pre-ozone contact tank
preset
pressure bulb
pressure gauge
pressure indicator
pressure reducing valve
pressure relief valve
pressure tank
pressure type thermal storage heater
pressure type water heater
pressure vessel
pressurized water reactor [PWR]
pretreatment basin
prevailing water [supply]pressure
Primary Aerated Biological Filtration [PABF]
primary control test
primary flow pipe
primary service reservoir
primary treated sewage effluent
prime cost sum
private check meter
private meter
proactive route review mechanism
product-extract pump
progressively-increasing block tariff structure
proj ect
proj ect management
Proj ect Management Division
propeller pump
protective clothing
protozoa
provisional sum
public connection
public service duct
public standpipe
Public Works Programme
Public Works Progress Committee

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pump and sump system

pump bearing
pump bedplate
pump casing
pump chamber
pump characteristic
pump curve
pump efficiency
pump foundation
pump hall
pump hall
pump house
pump impeller
pump riser
pump shaft
pump shaft sleeve
pump system
pumped supply
pumping intake
pumping main
pumping station
pumping system
pumpset
purging
purification
purifier
push-fit spigot and socket j oints
PVC baffle
PVC pipe
PVC-C [chlorinated polyvinyl chloride]
PVC-U [Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride]

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 Q

Quantitative Risk Assessment [QRA]

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 R

R.O.I [region of interest]

R.P.M [revolution per minute]
R.S.J [rolled steel j oint]
Rad
radial gate
radiation protection
radiation screening centre
radiator
radiocaesium [Cs]
radioiodine [I]
radiostrontium [Sr]
radioactive source
radioactivity
radionuclides
RAE [Resource Allocation Exercise]
rain gauges
rainfall
rapid gravity filtration
rapid gravity sand filters
rasp file
rate setting transmitter
raw water
raw water inlet system
rawl bolt
readily combustible
reading
real time telemetry
reamer
reassembly
receiving pit
reception point /
reception reservoir
reception tank
reciprocating pump
recirculating pumping system
recirculating-brine pump
re-circulation pump
recoil type check valve

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recoil type reflux valve
reconnection
Reconnection/Hold-up Disconnection / ( )
recorder house
recycling water
red lead
reducer
redundancy capability
reflux valve
refrigerated air dryer
regenerate [ion exchange] [ ]
region of interest [ROI]
Regional Communication Centre
Regional Complaint Centre
Regional Co-ordination Centre [RCC]
regionalization
registered consumer
registered guarantor
registered owner
regulatory framework
rehabilitation work
Reinstatement Notice
re-lay in exposed manner
release of deposit
release of retention money
relief valve
relocate/enlarge meter /
Rem
remeasurement contract
remote display
remote villages in New Territories
removable key
removal fee
removal of meters for safe custody
replacement of meter
replumbing work
Report Form on the Progress of Works to
Improve Water Quality along the Dongshen
Basin
Report of Leaking Fire Hydrants & Watermains
report on completion of contract

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reservoir in the sea
reservoir level reading
reservoir outfeed flow
reservoir safety
residual chlorine recorder
residual hazards
re-site a water meter
Resource Allocation Exercise [RAE]
restoration of water supply
retention money
reverse osmosis
reverse transfer
rewashering
‘rider’ main
ring main
ring main system
ring spanner
rip-rap
riser [ ]
risk mitigation measures
risk summation
riskplot
river crossing pipe-works
road opening for tee-connection
road re-instatement account
rock plug
rodding pit
rolled steel j oint [R.S.J ]
roller [ ]
roller bearing
roller not in the proper position
roof tank
rooker arm
rotameter [ ]
rotary pump
rotary vane water meter
rotary water meter
round file
routine monitoring data
routine primary control test

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Ru [ruthenium]
rubber j oint
rubber ring
rules and codes of practice
ruthenium [Ru]

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 S

SAAT [ ]
safe discharge concentration
safety coordinator
safety valve
saline water
salinity [ ]
salt water connection
salt water pump
salt water pumping station
salt water resistant material
salt water service reservoir
salt water submain
sampler assembly
sampling frequency
sampling log sheet
sampling pump
sampling timelag
sand bin
sanitary fitments
saturation temperature
Save Every Drop of Water
sawing machine
SCADA [Supervisory Control and Data
Aquisition system]
SCADA control centre
SCADA master-station
SCADA sub-station
SCADA System
scaling
scheduled maintenance
scintillation counter
scour air compressor
scraper
screenhouse [ ]
screening plant
[ ]
screw
screw down tap
screw type pump

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screwed j oints
screwed plug
scriber
scrubber
seal
seal break
seal on stopcock
sea-water pump
second level of control
second stage filter influent channel
secondary service reservoir
secondary treated sewage effluent
section valve
section valve pit

sediment
sedimentation basin
sedimentation stage
self-centering chuck
self-closing non-return flap
self-closing tap
self-reading of water meter
separate meter
service duct
service reservoir
set out [ ] [ ]
set out alignment
settled water
settlement
settlement basin
settling tank
sewage effluent
sewage network
sewage pumping station
sewage type Dall tube
shackle
shaft
shaft bearing
shaft tower
shank

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shaping machine
sharpening and milling
shearing machine
Shenzhen Reservoir
shipping supply
short collection
shortpiece before meter
shut-down period
side stream inj ection pump
Sievert [Sv]
sieving analysis
silencer
silt
single acting engine
single bank engine
single connection
single purpose desalting plant
single stage pump
sink
siphonic [syphonic]
site dairy
site investigation
site layout plan
Site Measurement Book
site run-off
SLA [Service Level Agreement] [ ]
slash pine
sleeve bearing
sleeving
slip-on type couplings
slope protection works
slot
slotting machine
sludge dewatering house
sludge dewatering plant
sludge holding tank
sludge pump house
sludge thickener/thickening tank
sluice gate
sluice valve

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sluicing flow
smelting
socket and spigot pipe
socket spanner
sodium bicarbonate
sodium carbonate
sodium chloride content
sodium cyanide [ ]
sodium fluoride
sodium hydroxide [caustic soda]
sodium hypochlorite solution
sodium iodide based gamma spectrometer
sodium iodide detector
sodium phosphate
sodium silicate
sodium silicofluoride
sodium thiosulphate
sole operation
solenoid valve
solution replenishment
solution tank
solvent cement
solvent cement for PVC pipe PVC
spanner
special condition of contract
special duty gang
special meeting
special reading
special technical group
speed governor
speed increasing
speed reducing
speed variation
spigot and socket j oints
spiked raw water
spillway
spindle
spirit level
sponge-rubber
spontaneous combustible substances

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spontaneous failure
Sports Committee
spray and tray type
spray-type attemperator
spring tap
sprinkler
sprinkler j ockey pump
square file
squirrel cage induction motor
Sr [strontium]
Staff Access Control System (obsolete) (
)
Staff Cost Ready Reckoner
Staff Motivation Scheme
Staff Opinion Survey
stalling speed
standard deviation
standard error
standard tap
standby pumpset
standby water pump
standpipe
starting and stopping sequence
starting torque
state-of-the-art treatment method
state-of-the-art water supply facilities
statutory charges
steam boiler
steam-line
steel anchor and support
steel cylinder
steel fabrication
steel pipe
steel rule
steel square
Steering Group
step-down [speed]
step-up [speed]
sterilization [ ]
stilling basin

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stilling well
stochastic [deterministic] effect
stop log
stop screw
stop valve
stopcock
stopcock leaking
storage capacity
storage cistern
storage cylinder
storage holding
storage in bulk tank
storage reservoir
storage tank
straight j oint
strainer [meter] [ ]
stratification
stream intakes
strong supporters of combustion
strontium [Sr]
stub tunnel
Study on Removal of Nitrogen and
Phosphorus by Aquatic Plants
stuffing box
sub-contract
sub-main
submarine main
submerge discharge valve
subsidiary dam
subsistence allowance
sub-soil drain
substances giving off inflammable vapour
substances which become dangerous interaction
with water
sub-standard water [ ]
subterranean pipe
suction pipe
sulphuric acid
Summary for the Exchange of Experience and
Cooperation on the Dongshen-Hong Kong
Water Supply Scheme

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Summary on the Exchange of Experience
and Cooperation
sump and pump system
sump cistern
sump system
sump tank
supercharged engine
supernatant water
supervision charges [fees]
Supervisory Control and Data Aquisition system
[SCADA]
supply basin
supply main
supply zone
surety bond
surface active organic compound
surface channel [Berm channel]
surface pollution
surface run-off
Surface Source Pollution Control in
the Dongj iang-Shenzhen Water Supply Scheme
surface water
surface water Category II of GB 3838-83 GB3838-83
surge pressure suppression vessel

surge tank
surge transient [ ]
surge vessel
surveillance and monitoring
survey meter
surveying assistant
susceptible to impact damage
suspended bowl submersible mixed flow pump
suspended floor
suspension of water supply
‘Svee’ block
swan neck fire hydrant
sweating
switch board
switch panel
switchgear

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swivel bearing
synthetic detergent
syphon standpipe
syphonic [siphonic]

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 T

tachogenerator
tail water
tankard
tant mixer
taper
taper screw threads
tapered file
tapping machine
taprogge on-load tube-cleaning equipment
target supply pressure
Task Force on Land Supply & Property Prices
TBM [Tunnel Boring Machine]
Technical Complaint Centre [TCC] (obsolete) ( )
Technical Fault Report Centre (obsolete) ( )
Technical Services Package
technology
tee
tee with connector
tee-branch valve
teflon
telemetry cabinet
telemetry cable
telemetry equipment
telemetry system
telephone equipment room
temperature relief valve
temperature stabilizer
tempering
temporal and spatial variation
temporary mains water for flushing [TMF]
temporary pumping station
temporary underwater pumping station
temporary water charges collection centre
temporary water supply
tender document
tender drawings
tendered sum
tensile strength

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terminal connection point
Territorial Land Drainage and Flood Control
Strategy Study
tertiary treated sewage effluent
Testing & Stamping Fittings
Testing Order Number
The Specific Arrangements for the
Second Experiment on Nuclide
Removal Efficiency for Raw Water
Supplied to Hong Kong
thermal cut-out
thermal effect
thermal storage type water heater
thermoluminescent dosimeter [TLD]
thermoplastics
thermostat
thread angle
thread gauge plane maj or diameter
three j aw chuck
threshold odour number
throughput
thrust bearing
thrust block
thyristor
tie beam
tie-in works
Time and Method Study
timer
TLD [thermoluminescent dosimeter]
TMF [temporary mains water for flushing]
toe boards
topographical survey
torque
total dissolved solid
total earnings for 1 year
totally enclosed chlorine store
tracer element
tracking
trade supply
Trade Testing and Certification Scheme [CITA] [ ]
trade water supply meter

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transformer oil
trashrack
travelling expenses
treated water
treatment plant
treatment works
trefoil
trench
trench excavation
trench pump
trend labour and construction prices
trial hole
trial test
triangular file
trichloroethylene
trichloromethane [chloroform] [ ]
trihalomethane
tripping
trunk feed system
trunk mains
trunk transfer facilities
Truth about Water
tube
‘Tun Fu’ allowance
tungsten carbide
tunnel aqueduct system
tunnel boring machine
tunnel lining
turbidity meter
turbine pump
turbulator
turfing [flat area][slope] [ ][ ]
turncock gang
turning machine
twin bank engine
twin mains
twin-outlet standpipe
Twist Ratio [Rate of change of cant gradient] [ ]
two-stroke engine

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 U

UK Confederation of British Industry Scholarship

ultra high level fresh water supply zone
unaccounted-for water
unallocated materials
unauthorized building works
unauthorized buildings
unauthorized structures
unclaimed balance
under collection
Underground Asset Management Study
underground pipework
undertaking
undervoltage relay
underwater pumping station
unit demand
United Nations World Water Day
unlined G.I. pipe
unplasticized polyvinyl chloride [PVC-U]
unvented electric thermal storage type
water heater
unvented electric thermal storage water heater
UPVC
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
US Oak Ridge National Laboratory
USEPA
user select
‘users pay’ principle
Utility Management System [Highways [ ]
Department]

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 V

Utility Management System [Highways Dept.] [ ]

valve actuator
valve body
valve chamber
valve components
valve cover
valve house
valve j oints
valve key
valve spindle
valve stem
valve test bay
valve type
valve type flushing cistern
valveless siphonic type
variation orders
vent pipe
venturi tube
vertical plumbing line diagram
vertical pump
vertical shaft
vertical spindle double suction centrifugal pump
vertical valve
vertical wet well suspended bowl type
vibration switch
vibrator
vice
victaulic j oint [Victaulic]
Views on the Results of Authentication of
the First Experiment on Nuclide
Removal Efficiency for Raw Water Supplied
to Hong Kong
visible external overflow
vitreous earthenware
voltage dip
VPSA system

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 W

walking order
Warning of Disconnection
warning pipe
wash basin
wash out valve
wash out valve pit
wash water recovery system
wash water tank [ ]
washer
washing soda [soda ash]
washout [pipe]
wash-water
washwater discharge
washwater equalization tank
waste detection chamber
Waste Detection Unit
waste discharge point
waste dispenser
water account
water allowance
water analysis
Water Authority
Water Billing & Information System [WIS]
water blenders
water certificate
water channel
water conservation
water consumer
water consumption
Water Contamination Monitoring System [WCMS]
water cooled engine
water coupon
water demand forecast
water deposit
water deposit demand note
Water Examination Laboratory
Water Examination Report
water gathering ground

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water hammer
water hammer arrestor
water heater
‘Water Infolink’
Water Industries Conference Hong Kong 1999 1999
water meter
water pump panel
water purifier/filter /
water quality
water quality obj ectives
Water Quality Obj ectives for Sea
Water for Flushing Supply
Water Quality Sub-Group
water rationing
water recirculation pump room
Water Research Centre of U.K.
water restriction
water retaining structure
water sampling point
water selling kiosk
Water Supplies Department Customer Liaison
Group
‘Water Supplies Department Key Facts’
Water Supplies Department Staff Credit Union
“Water Supplies to Buildings”seminar
water table
water tanker
water thrower
water ticket
water tightness
water treatment and examination
water treatment works
water tunnel
Waterlink
watermain record plan
watermains
watertight
watertube boiler
Waterworks Accounts Committee
Waterworks Certificate of Service
Waterworks Inspectors’ Association [WIA]

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waterworks installation
Waterworks Long Service Certificate
Waterworks Ordinance
waterworks premises
Waterworks Regulations
Waterworks Standard Requirements
waterworks unrestricted industrial supply zone
Waterworks Welfare Fund
Waterworks Welfare Fund’s Scholarship Award
WCMS [Water Contamination Monitoring
System]
weekly salinity sample
weighing platform
weir box
welded j oints
welding
butt fusion welding
electro fusion welding
socket fusion welding

welding rod
westsea cofferdam
wet season
wet well
WIA [Waterworks Inspectors’ Association]
work executed on private account
Working Group on Unit Prices of Guangdong
Water
working pressure
Workmen’s Compensation Insurance
Workmen’s Note [Application for a metered
supply
works air vessel
Works Order [Contractor's Order]
Works Supervisor
World Health Organization [WHO]
World Health Organization Guidelines
for drinking water quality
worm wheel
wrong meter arrangement [ ]
WSD Staff Suggestions Committee
wye branch Y

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