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large storm-water culverts also diverted from K. I. L. 412 along Robinson Road, between Carnarvon and Elgin Roads and charged to the owners of the Lot, the cost of which was.........$2,590.67
A storm-water drain was extended along Third Street, Yaumati, in connection with the construction of new roads in King's, Park, Kowloon, and was charged to that vote, the cost being ..........................$1,332.00
sum for rains to new Government buildings, &c., was also expended but charged to their respect- ive votes. The amount was
Water Works. works.
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38. (Item 24.), Maintenance of Water Works, City and Hill District.- The year opened with the intermittent supply in force, recourse having been had to it on the 21st December, 1903. The quantity of water in the storage reservoirs, which on the 1st January amounted to 269 million gallons, dropped to 52 million gallons on 5th day and from thence to the 28th June the storage of water rose and fell frequently, the amount of water not being sufficient to put on constant supply until the 4th of July
The rainy season was exceptionally late and in consequence every measure possible was taken to maintain the supply, such as some temporary pumping machinery below the Albany Reservoir to collect the leakage therefrom.
Wongneichong Reservoir ceased overflowing on October 3rd.
Pokfulam on October 18th. Bye-wash on October 20th.
Tytam on December 2nd.
The lateness of the last named being due to the drawing off the water from the smaller reservoirs first and reserving Tytam.
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It was not found necessary to introduce the intermittent supply again during the year. This was chiefly due to the completion of the Bye-wash Reservoir, an additional storage capacity of 26 million gallons to the Water-works; to the streams holding out longer and to the extra water pumped by the temporary Worthington pump in the Tytam Valley, estimated at 75,711,000 gallons.
The period of intermittent supply was 185 days as compared with 137 days during 1903.
At the close of the rear the contents of the storage reservoir amounted to 341 million gallons.”:
The total quantity of water supplied during the year was 1,267,362,000 gal- lons filtered and 22, 129,000 gallons unfiltered, making a grand total 1,289,791,000 gallons or 21,186,000 gallons less than in 1903. This decrease is due to the intermittent supply being kept (on for a longer period than is usual.
The average consumption of filtered water per day during constant supply was 4,590,000 gallons, which with an estimated population of 224,100 gives an average daily consumption of 19-6 gallons per head for all purposes. During in- termittent supply the average daily consumption was 113 gallons per head, equivalent to a total daily supply of 2,524,000 gallons, whilst, taken over the whole year, the average consumption per head per day amounted to 15.4 gallons.
Full details of the consumption, contents of the reservoirs, &c., will be found in Appendices D, E and F. The analyses made by the Government Analyst, 'showed that the quality of the water throughout the year was excellent.
The quantity pumped to the High Level District of the City amounted to 49.001,000 gallons over the whole year equal to an average daily comsumption of 133,882 gallons, whilst 26,180,000 gallons were pumped to the Peak. District giving an average daily consumption of 77,000 gallons.
There was no increase over last year's pumping, the figures remaining approx- imately the same.