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T able 8.2 Computed flushing time and flushing rate of six fish culture zones in Hong Kong
Yung Shue Au Lo Fu Wat Yim Tin Tsai

Winter Summer Winter Summer Winter Summer

Flushing time (day) 23.60 14.20 15.80 7.10 38.00 14.40

Flushing rate (d -1 ) 0.0424 0.0702 0.0632 0.1405 0.0264 0.0696

Yim Tin Tsai East Sok Kwu Wan Ma Wan

Winter Summer Winter Summer Winter Summer

Flushing time (day) 27.20 14.80 25.80 3.50 3.08 1.54

Flushing rate (d -1 ) 0.0368 0.0676 0.0387 0.2825 0.3247 0.6496

Fig. 8.26 (a) Computed tracer concentration distribution 12 hours after release of tracer mass in Yung Shue Au fish
culture zone, Three Fathoms Cove, Hong Kong; (b) tracer mass variation with time for system-wide flushing and local
flushing, for dry and wet season

8.3.5 Application for Estuarine Management

8.3.5.1 Third Shanghai Sewerage Project of the Yangtze River Estuary
Shanghai, the largest metropolitan area in China, is situated on the eastern boundary of the Yangtze River
delta with the East China Sea in the east, Yangtze River in the north, Hangzhou Bay in the south, and