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periods of supply available through the general system. Altogether 155 new fountains were installed, in addition to 130 old fountains also in use. Further reference to this new fountain system is made in Paragraph 195 of this report.
The supply during the year was maintained at the necessary pressure by means of connections from the 24" trunk main.
The construction of a five million gallons service reservoir on Yaumati Hill and the laying of a 12" distributing main circuit are referred to in Paragraphs 149 and 150 and when these works are completed, a vast improvement in the general supply to Kowloon Peninsula is anticipated.
year.
The total yield of the Shing Mun River as measured by the Recorder and V. Gauge at the Upper intake was 4017.86 million gallons as compared with 5098.45 million gallons last year. In addition 138.44 million gallons were obtained from the Needle Hill stream intake. The pumps below Pineapple Pass worked on 224 days during the year and delivered 48.82 million gallons equivalent to 218,000 gallons per working day. During the year 1864.57 million gallons were delivered from the Shing Mun Valley through the Tunnels into the Reception Reservoir, but a large percentage of this quantity could not be stored and ran to waste. The minimum monthly yield was in May when the quantity delivered was 62.63 million gallons.
The 2nd section of the Paterson Rapid Gravity Filtration plant was completed and brought into use in June 1932. The capacity of this plant is now 10 million gallons per day and enables much more use to be taken of the summer yield from the Shing Mun River.
The total quantity filtered by the Paterson Filtration Plant during the year was 1485.57 million gallons, 651.28 million gallons of which were supplied to Hong Kong.
The total quantity of water supplied during the year was 1869.15 million gallons (excluding 98.76 million gallons supplied to Water Boats at Lai Chi Kok) which gives an average daily consumption of 5.12 million gallons or 17.0 gallons per head per day based on an estimated population of 302,000. Details are given in Table IX.
The quantity of water stored in the impounding reservoirs on 1st January was 529.59 million gallons and a minimum of 132.96 million gallons was reached on 3rd June.
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periods of supply available through the general system. Altogether 155 new fountains were installed, in addition to 130 old fountains also in use. Further reference to this new fountain system is made in Faragraph 195 of this report.
The supply during the year was maintained at the necessary pressure by means of connections from the 24" trunk main
The construction of a five million gallons service reservoir on Yaumati Hili and the laying of a 12" distributing main circuit are
are referred to in Paragraphs 149 and 150 and when these works are completed, a vast improvement in the general supply to Kowloon Peninsula is anticipated.
year.
The total yield of the Shing Mun River as measured by the Recorder and V. Gauge at the Upper intake was 4017.86 million gallons as compared with 5098.45 million gallons last In addition 138.44 million gallons were obtained from the Needle Hill stream intake. The pumps below Pineapple Pass worked on 224 days during the year and delivered 48.82 million gallons equivalent to 218,000 gallons per working day. During the year 1864.57 million gallons were delivered from the Shing Mun Valley through the Tunnels into the Reception Reservoir, but a large percentage of this quantity could not be stored and ran to waste. The minimum monthly yield was in May when the quantity delivered was 62.63 million gallons.
The 2nd section of the Paterson Rapid Gravity Filtration plant was completed and brought into use in June 1932. The capacity of this plant is now 10 million gallons per day and enables much more use to be taken of the summer yield from the Shing Mun River.
The total quantity filtered by the Paterson Filtration Plani during the year was 1485.57 million gallons, 651.28 million gallons of which were supplied to Hong Kong.
The total quantity of water supplied during the year was 1869.15 million gallons (excluding 98.76 million gallons supplien to Water Boats at Lai Chi Kok) which gives an average daily consumption of 5.12 million gallons or 17.0 gallons per head per day based on an estimated population of 302,000. are given in Table IX.
Details
The quantity of water stored in the impounding reservoirs on 1st January was 529.59 million gallons and a minimum of 132.96 million gallons was reached on 3rd June.
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