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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1974.
BUILDING MANAGEMENTS URGED TO ENSURE GOOD WORKING ORDER OF INTERNAL PUMPING SYSTEMS
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UNLESS INTERNAL PUMPING SYSTEMS ARE OPERATING SATISFACTORILY IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS, TENANTS OF UPPER FLOORS MAY GO SHORT WHEN WATER RESTRICTIONS COMMENCE ON SEPTEMBER 25.
STATING THIS TODAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATER AUTHORITY SAID THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNAL PUMPING SYSTEMS LAY ENTIRELY WITH THE BUILDING MANAGEMENTS.
+SUCH MANAGEMENTS ARE ADVISED TO ENSURE THAT THEIR SYSTEMS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER,+ HE SAID. +OTHERWISE, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF WATER RESTRICTIONS, THE OCCUPANTS OF THEIR BUILDINGS MAY SUFFER UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP WHICH IT IS NOT WITHIN THE POWER OF THE, WATER AUTHORITY TO ALLEVIATE.+
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE WATER AUTHORITY HAD REASON TO BELIEVE SOME BUILDING MANAGEMENTS MAY HAVE REMOVED INTERNAL PUMPING SYSTEMS.
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+THESE SYSTEMS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SUPPLY OF WATER -- IN PARTICULAR TO UPPER FLOORS WHEN MAINS PRESSURES ARE LOW= FOR EXAMPLE DURING TIMES OF WATER RESTRICTIONS, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE CONTENTS OF STORAGE TANKS ON ROOFS OF DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SHOULD NOT BE USED BY OCCUPANTS, INCLUDING THOSE IN HOTEL ROOMS, OUTSIDE THE NOTIFIED HOURS OF SUPPLY.
MANAGEMENTS SHOULD THEREFORE ENSURE THAT RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THEIR STAFFS SHUT OFF SUPPLIES FROM THESE TANKS DURING THE HOURS OF RESTRICTION.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (THURSDAY) STOOD AT 36,501 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 54.2 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 66,319 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 27,891 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 50,533 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 55.2 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
A TRACE CO.1 M.M.) OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 1,362.2 M.M. (53.63 IN).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 1,893.0 MM (74.53 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 28.0 PER CENT.
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