APPENDIX Z
WATERWORKS OFFICE
GENERAL STATISTICS
(1) Rainfall (in inches)
1966-67 1967-68 Rainfall recorded by Royal Observatory 87.85 69.67 Average rainfall recorded in Waterworks catchments 83.76 68.95 Average annual rainfall 85.81 69.31(2) Yield (in million gallons)
Yields from catchment areas: 1966-67 1967-68 Old reservoirs 22,119 22,882 Plover Cove 11,729 605 Pumped from the River Indus 4,062 14 Extracted from the Muk Wu Wells 84 4 Received from China by pipeline ... 164 Less losses: At Indus Fabridam + 14,925 Plover Cove pumped to waste 15,371 37,733 Total 54,208 wwwww.www. 416(3) Storage (in million gallons)
Total storage in the Colony's impounding reservoirs: Quantity Stored Old Reservoirs Plover Cove % Full Old Reservoirs Plover Cove Date 1st April, 1967 1,070 5,277 3,568 31.4 21.2 1st July, 1967 37,733 15,709 10,852 94.0 27.6 1st October, 1967 52,722 DOK 1st January, 1968 14,111 8,126 84.0 20.6 31st March, 1968 12,799 5,734 76.0 14.6 1966-67 1967-68 Total 44,392 39,919 (8,380 hours) (6,446 hours) 717 397 Total 45,109 40,316(4) Consumption (in million gallons)
1966-67 1967-68 Urban areas New Territories Total 147