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MONDAY, MAY 12, 1975
WEEKLY WATER SITUATION REPORT
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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS IN HONG KONG AS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) WAS 46,031 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 63.4 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS.
AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE STORAGE FIGURE WAS 38,004 MILLION GALLONS,
PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR ALONE HELD 35,156 MILLION GALLONS THIS MORNING, THIS STANDS FOR 69.6 PER CENT OF ITS TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS AND WAS UP SLIGHTLY ON LAST YEAR'S STORAGE WHICH WAS 30,095 MILLION GALLONS.
A TOTAL OF 9.5 MILLIMETRES (0.37 INCHES) OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORÝ DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 AM TODAY. THE TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR STANDS AT 533.9 MILLIMETRES (21.22 INCHES).
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR IS 355.9 MILLIMETRES (14.01 INCHES).
THE DAILY MEAN CONSUMPTION FOR THE WEEK IS 213.4 MILLION- GALLONS A DAY.
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN KOWLOON
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN
KOWLOON ON THURSDAY (MAY 15).
STARTING FROM 10 A.M. ON THAT DAY, BROADCAST DRIVE WILL
BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY CLOCKWISE, MARCONÍ ROAD ONE-WAY, WESTBOUND AND FESSENDEN ROAD ONE-WAY EASTBOUND.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL DE ERECTED TO GUIDE
MOTORISTS.