[3] The reservoir can be accessed by the Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail.

[4] The reservoir is still in operation and the dam was constructed in slope style.

[5][6][7] The Director of Public Works William Chatham had submitted to the Legislative Council a draft plan for The Extension of the Tai Tam Water Supply System, called the "Tai Tam Tuk Scheme", which will be carried out in two phases on 17 October 1903.

The first phase of the construction of 195.5 million gallons (900,000 m3) water storage in Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir, which was carried out from 1904 to 1907.

[3] In 1977, the Water Supplies Department lowered the entire section of the dam's spillway by three metres for safety reasons, and this had left the dam looking slightly indented at its crest.