The Drainage Services Department signed a $2.8million consultancy agreement on 9 June 2015 with MateriaLab – Waste & Environmental Technologies Joint Venture to undertakethe Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) for operation of Tai Po Sewage Treatment Works (TPSTW) Stage 5 Phase 2B (the Project).

The scope of the consultancy agreement includes implementation of the EM&A programme, which consists of monitoring the odourand water quality and implementation of the complaint registration system during the operation phase of the Project,as well as to study and recommend both short-term and long-term odour mitigation measures for TPSTW.

The consultancy agreement will last for about 43 months.