(i) Rainfall (in inches)
APPENDIX P
WATERWORKS OFFICE
GENERAL STATISTICS
Rainfall recorded by the Royal Observatory in 1965–66
Average rainfall recorded in Waterworks catchments in 1965-66 Average annual rainfall
(ii) Yield (in million gallons)
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Yields from catchment areas Pumped from the River Indus Extracted from the Muk Wu Wells Imported by Tankers from China Imported by Merchant Ships Received from China by pipeline
Total
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99.61
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96.43
85.39
*1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
5,604
27,522
29,814
1,778
3,611
2,211
139
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125
3,077
1,214
17
2
2,470
5,611
11,435
13,085
38,085
43,460
* Critical Drought Year.
(iii) Storage (in million gallons)
Total storage capacity of Colony's impounding reservoirs
16,816
Date Quantity Stored Remarks 1st April, 1965 9,250 58.30% full 1st July, 1965 13,098 77.90% full 1st October, 1965 ... ... 1st January, 1966 16,809 99.96% full 15,199 90.40% full 31st March, 1966 12,029 71.50% full1964-65
1965-66
31,069
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(4,826 hours)
40,669 (8,760 hours)
(iv) Consumption (in million gallons)
Urban areas New Territories Total 675 103 825 31,744 41,494 113.5 138.61 (on 31.8.65)(v) Pumping Stations
Fresh water pumping stations Salt Water pumping stations 37 (including 6 temporary) 14 (including 2 temporary)