MONDAY, MAY 5, 1975.
WEEKLY WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS IN HONG KONG AS AT 9 A.M. THIS (MONDAY) MORNING WAS 45,829 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 68.1 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE STORAGE FIGURE WAS 38,858 MILLION GALLONS.
PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR ALONE HELD 34,646 MILLION GALLONS THIS MORNING. THIS REPRESENTS 68.6 PER CENT OF ITS TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS AND WAS UP SLIGHTLY ON LAST YEAR'S STORAGE WHICH WAS 30,723 MILLION GALLONS.
NO RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. TOT.L RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 498 MM (19.61 IN.).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR IS 305.8 MM (12.04 IN.).
THE DAILY MEAN CONSUMPTION FOR THE WEEK IS 221.9 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
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