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202. (a) Details of filtration at all filter beds on the Island are given in Annex IV.
(b) On the Mainland a total quantity of 7,375.47 million gallons of water were filtered during the year, 5,886.14 million gallons of which were provided from Jubilee Reservoir and Smuggler's Pass Intake. The Kowloon Slow Sand Filters dealt with 1,424.78 million gallons, and the Shek Lai Pui Rapid Gravity Filters with 5,950.69 million gallons. Of this latter amount 2,681.65 million gallons were supplied to the Island by the cross harbour mains. Details are given in Annex VII.
203. (a) On the Island the total quantity of filtered water consumed including 2,681.65 million gallons from the Mainland, amounted to 6,825.44 million gallons, representing an average daily consumption of 18.65 million gallons. This showed an increase of 975.58 million gallons, equal to 2.67 million gallons per day over that of 1946/47. Water was supplied from the Mainland throughout the year, the daily average being 7.33 million gallons, which is 39.3% of the Island daily average. Assuming a population figure for the Island of 900,000, the average consumption of water per head per day for all purposes was 20.72 gallons.
(b) The total quantity of water consumed in Kowloon and New Kowloon during the year was 4,694.61 million gallons, which included 80.22 million gallons supplied to shipping at Lai Chi Kok Water Boat Dock. These figures represent a total daily average supply of 12.83 million gallons, a total increase of 261.97 million gallons, equal to 0.72 million gallons per day over 1946/47. The total shipping supply consumption was 18.24 gallons less than 1946/47. Details are shown on Annex VII. Assuming a population figure for Kowloon and New Kowloon of 600,000, the average consumption of water for all purposes was 21.4 gallons per head per day.
204. Village supplies and consumptions were as follows:-
(a) Tai Po: The total quantity of water supplied was 84.40 million gallons compared with 70.33 million gallons in 1946/47, equivalent to an average daily consumption of 231,000 gallons. There were ten public standpipes and twenty-four fire hydrants in use at the close of the year. Repairs to the Service Reservoir at Tai Po Market were carried out during the year.
(b) Fanling: The total quantity of water supplied was 46.20 million gallons compared with 43.17 million gallons in 1946/47, equivalent to an average daily consumption of 126,000 gallons. There were three public standpipes and two fire hydrants in use at the end of the year, towards which this supply proved inadequate, and methods of effecting improvements were under consideration.
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