MONDAY, JULY 31, 1973
PROPECTS FOR A 'NO WATER RESTRICTION' WINTER ARE VERY GOOD *****
THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO TECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNMENT IN OCTOBER THAT WATER RESTRICTIONS
ILL HOT SE "ECESSARY NEXT INTER,
THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. TOM TOMLINSON SAID TODAY THAT ITH THIRTEEN OF THE TERRITORY'S EIGHTEEN RESERVOIRS FULL AID TOTAL STORAGE ALMOST 60 PER CENT OF CAPACITY THE PROSPECTS FOR INTER FREE OF ESTRICTIONS WERE VERY GOOD.
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HE SAID THAT THE YIELD FRO. SEVERE TROPICAL STORM AGNES HAD BEEN MUCH BETTER THAN AT FIRST ANTICIPATED AND THAT RUN OFF
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SINCE THE NUMBER ONE SIGNAL ENT UP LAST TUESDAY, A TOTAL CF 08.017 ILLION CUBIC METRES (19,757 MILLION GALLONS) OF LATER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE RESERVOIRS.
NGLES DUMPED A TOTAL OF 473 IN OF RAIN ON HONG KONG IN FIVE DAYS, THE FOURTH HIGHEST SUA"TITY OF RAIN EROUGHT EY A TIL STORM SINCE 1883.
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AT THE C'CLOCK THIS CENING THE PESERVOIRS HELD 327.632 MILLION CUBIC METRES, OR 56.7 PER CENT OF TOTAL CAPACITY.
AT THE SAVE TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS WERE ONLY 28 PER CENT FULL.
THE FIVE RESERVOIRS WHICH ARE NOT FULL ARE TAI TAM TUK, KO..LOOK! EY-BASH, RECEPTION, PLOVER COVE AND HIGH ISLAND.
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