FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1978
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ACHES ECOSTS WATER STORAGE
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SEVERE TROPICAL STORM AGNES HAS ADDED MORE THAN 24 :ILLION CUE IC PETRES OF WATER TO HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS
I' THE LAST THREE DAYS.
AT 9 A.M. TODAY, THE RESERVOIRS HELD 254,258 MILLION CUETC METRES, OR 45.7 PER CENT OF TOTAL CAPACITY.
ITY.
AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN STORAGE WAS 161,516 MILLION CUBIC METRES OR 27.9 PER CENT
PUCAPACITY.
UP UNTIL TEN O'CLOCK TR13 MORNING, SEVERE TROPICAL STORI AGNES HAD PRODUCED 236.9 MM. OF RAIN SINCE THE NUMBER 1 SIGNAL WENT UP ON TUESDAY.
THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. TOM. TOMLINSON, SAID TODAY THAT CONSIDERING THE LONG DRY SPELL THAT HONG KONG HAD ENDURED HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE YIELD.
HE ADDED THAT ADDITIONAL YIELD COULD BE EXPECTED FROM CONTINUING RUM OFF AND FROM THE RAIN FORECAST BY THE ROYAL CESEPVATORY FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
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