Q 72
TSUN WAN.
83. The total quantity of water supplied during the year was 35.87 million gallons as compared with 27.74 million gallons for last year, equivalent to an average daily consumption of 98,000 gallons. There were thirteen public standpipes and eleven fire hydrants in use at the close of the year.
84. Details of the Consumptions of the above Village Supplies are given in Appendix XII.
85. The following routine work was carried out to the Village Supplies during year-
Un Tsun Taipo Fanling Long Wan Routine inspections of inside service. 63 23 26 11 Notices to alter or repair defective services. 27 3 6 Inspections of new services CY 3 25 Repairs to inside services for members of the public 2 1 Repairs to outside services 83 9 25 8786. Metered services in the Villages were connected or disconnected as follows:-
Connected Disconnected Un Tsun Taipo Fanling Long Wan Un Tsun Taipo Fanling Long Wan Domestic 1 1 17 2 Trade 1 6 2 Building 2 CO Government 3 1 3 2 1 1 Total 7 1 24 7 2 1 2(ii) MAINTENANCE OF METERS.
87. The numbers of meters repaired and tested during the year were 10,773, including 675 repaired on the site, on the Island, 7,548 in Kowloon and 114 in the New Territories making a total of 7,662 on the Mainland.
89. Three meters on the Island and none on the Mainland were tested under Regulation 7 of the Waterworks Ordinance.
90. At the end of the year there were 15,207 meters in use on the Island and 11,493 on the Mainland, so that the average interval between overhauls of each meter is about seventeen and a half months.