Lead water scare spills into luxury sector as upmarket development The Caldecott found with samples almost twice safe limit
Upmarket private development in Cheung Sha Wan found to have water with lead almost twice safe limit, sparking emergency tests on all flats
The lead contamination scare plaguing public housing estates has spilled over to an upmarket private residential development in Cheung Sha Wan where water with a lead level almost twice the safe limit was detected in a kitchen serving the banquet hall.
The result, from tests conducted about three weeks ago by the owners' corporation of The Caldecott, triggered emergency water tests for all the 44 flats in the K Wah Group project.
In a notice dated July 30 to all occupants, the management firm, Guardian Property Management, a company under the Savills Guardian group, said a July 17 water sample from a tap in the kitchen of the banqueting hall was found to contain 19 micrograms of lead in a litre.
The World Health Organisation's drinking water guideline is no more than 10mcg.
The notice said the owners' corporation planned to conduct water tests on all homes in the development. Results were expected in five working days.
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A Guardian spokesman confirmed the result but dismissed suggestions of panic among residents. "Some minor irregularity was spotted in a recent water test. The issue is being followed up," the spokesman said.
