page_title: 2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents
section_title: Contaminated buildings
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents / Contaminated buildings
caption_attribution_description: Kai Ching Estate Temp water supply
context_page_description: Samples of potable water in Hong Kong were found to contain excessive levels of heavy metals including lead, nickel and cadmium in 2015. Such discoveries of contamination caused widespread crisis within the city.
  The scandal began in June 2015 when the Democratic Party announced that testing of drinking water at Kai Ching Estate in Kowloon revealed lead contamination. The Hong Kong Housing Authority subsequently confirmed that the levels of lead exceeded the standard established by the World Health Organization. Since the initial discovery at Kai Tak, lead contamination of drinking water has been found at numerous other housing estates, schools, and public buildings across Hong Kong.
context_section_description: Samples of water contaminated with lead have been identified at a range of public and private buildings of various ages, but especially in public housing estates constructed in the past decade. Individual buildings and institutions have commissioned water testing at their premises across the city. The government is conducting testing at many schools and public estates.
caption: Kai Ching Estate temporary water supply
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