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The Resident Engineer gives the following facts us to
the consumption of water
Average daily supply during Jan.
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Feb. 1. to Feb. 4.
2,085,000 gallons
1,978,338
1,047.000
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Feb.21. to Rev. 28.
1,417,480
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During the first two perions the Supply was given for 24 hours,
and during the succeeding periods from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. only;
or for sixteen hours only. So that by shutting off the supply,
for one third of a day, the consumption was reduced by about
one fourth.
The hourly consumption, during the period of constant-
supply, was at the rate of 14,600 §llonsper hour.
During the period of intermittat-supply, the consumption
was at the rate of 92,600 gallons an hour; or not quite ten
per cent more than when the supply was constant.
The effect
of shutting off the water, from a part of the town only, for
one third of the day, differed. little, in its effect on the
reservoirs, from that, which would have taken place had the
water been flowing steadily to waste, hour by hour, into the
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Now. the legitimate consumption or real use of water
9 p.m.. 1s certainly much
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during the day hours from 8 a.m.
greater than between 9. p.m. do bh.Th..
For a consider: Lle
part of this time the use of water is practically nil.
When the supply was intermittant, the population no doubt
obtained all that they requiren.
Clearly, therefore, the
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