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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1974
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 54,121 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 80.4 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 59,587 MILLION GALLONS IN STORË.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 37,925 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 46,361 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 75.1 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
A TOTAL OF 0.4 MM (0.02 IN) 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 2,104.4
MM (82.82 IN).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,111.9 MM (83.15 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 0.36 PER CENT.