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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1974.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (SATURDAY) STOOD AT 33,232 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 49.4 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 64,038 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 25,426 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 49,219 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 50.3 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50.500 MILLION GALLONS.
NO 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 1.395.6 MM (54.94 IN).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,055.7 MM (80.93 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 32.1 PER CENT.
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