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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1974.
WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 AM TODAY (SATURDAY) STOOD AT 54,217 MILLION GALLONS, 'REPRESENTING 80.6 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 57,794 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 33,651 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 45,252 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 76.5 PER CENT CF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
NO RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 AM TODY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 2,112.3 (83.16 ¡¡I),
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,132.3 MM (83.95 IN), REPRESENTING A SUCRTFALL CF 0.9 PER CENT.