MONDAY, JULY 21, 1975.
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RESERVOIRS 98 PER CENT FULL
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A TOTAL OF 66,279 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER WERE IN STORE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. THIS (MONDAY) MORNING, REPRESENTING 98.5 PER CENT OF THE FULL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS.
ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR THE TOTAL STORAGE WAS ONLY 40,266 MILLION GALLONS.
PLOVER COVE, HONG KONG'S BIGGEST RESERVOIR, HELD 50,257 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 99.5 PER CENT OF ITS FULL STORAGE CAPACITY. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, IT HELD 30,910 MILLION GALLONS.
A TOTAL OF 2.8 MM (0.11 IN) OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS ENDING AT 9 AM THIS MORNING,
TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR THIS YEAR STANDS AT 1,908.8 MM (75:15 IN). THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL THIS YEAR IS 1,209.1 MM (47.60 IN).
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