APPENDIX Q
WATERWORKS OFFICE
GENERAL STATISTICS
(i) Rainfall (in inches)
Rainfall recorded by Royal Observatory in 1966/67 87.85 83.76 85.81 ... Average rainfall recorded in Waterworks catchments in 1966/67 Average annual rainfall(ii) Yield (in million gallons)
1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 Yields from catchment areas 27,522 29,814 22,119 Pumped from the River Indus 3,611 2,211 605 Extracted from the Muk Wu Wells 125 84 ... Imported by Tankers from China 1,214 2 ... Imported by Merchant Ships 5,611 11,435 Received from China by pipeline 14,925 Total 38,085 43,460 37,733(iii) Storage (in million gallons)
Total storage in the Colony's impounding reservoirs Date Quantity Stored Remarks 1st April, 1966 11,975 71.2% full 1st July, 1966 15,863 94.4% full 1st October, 1966 ... 13,415 79.5% full 1st January, 1967 8,760 52.1% full ... 31st March, 1967 5,291 31.5% full(iv) Consumption (in million gallons)
1965-66 1966-67 Urban areas ... ... New Territories ... ... Total 40,669 44,392 Daily average (8,760 hours) (8,380 hours) 825 717 Highest daily consumption 41,494 45,109 113.5 123.6 138.6 149.5(v) Pumping Stations
1965-66 1966-67 Fresh water pumping stations ... 123 Salt water pumping station 38 (including 4 temporary) 15 (including 2 temporary)