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Monday, August 21, 1972
RESERVOIRS OVERFLOWING
The heavy rains during the past few days have boosted the total
water storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs to 88 per cent of the full storage
capacity.
At 9 a.m. today, the total stood at 51,318 million gallons.
Seven reservoirs are now overflowing. They are the Jubilee
Reservoir, Kowloon Reservoirs, Shek Lei Pui Reservoir, Shek Pik Reservoir,
Tai Tam Reservoir, Aberdeen Reservoirs and Pokfulam Reservoir.
In addition, three others are about to overflow. They are the
Wong Nei Chung, Tai Lam Chung and Lower Shing Mun reservoirs.
Plover Cove, the biggest reservoir, was holding 35,877 million
gallons at 9 a.m. today, that is, about 86 per cent of its total capacity.
Rainfall in the past three days over catchment areas varied from
97 mm (3.82 inches) at Shek Pik Reservoir to 288 mm (11.34 inches) at
the Aberdeen Reservoirs.
The average rainfall over Hong Kong and Kowloon's catchment
areas between midnight last (Sunday) night and 9 a.. today was 129.5 mm
(5.10 inches) and 98 mm (3.86 inches) respectively.
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