CO129-166 - Public Offices & Others - 1873 — Page 63

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Hore Water

there are however several stuall sites

where Works as at Pokfoolum may be repeated.

The

average fall of rain may be taken as 75. A dry year fall will be down to 50 inches at thet year fall will be up to 100 inebies - the dry year fall, that is 50 nickies, must be the test fox

inclus

Ivaterwortes.

The Wet mouths appear to be May to October Rain hourove falls unequally - deluging torrents in

ка

few hours and many

Weekes without rau

-

The Island, from its surface configuration unde

Elevation, dels trowever as a Condenser,

So Heat.

Juall Streams flow downs the sides of the ipaute

Peales abwost at all times.

It is considered that provision should be made to supply with Waters a population of ove hundred thousand which at 15 Gullous pay head will require 1,500,000, yallows per day 552/1⁄2 Millions of Gallons per Annum -

03

Cast crou

Waterworks were Gormurcuced in 1850, Hal

is, a swall caur was constructed at Potefcolume to head up the swake Stream 15 feet, and a pipe of hu indlies internal chaincter was laid from this daw along the carriage Road to Victoria -

It is this pipe which is used to convey Water from Polkfotum Storage Reservove, and wheels. is said to be defective and nefficient

The Pokfootrum Reservoir has an

the

Embankment

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Seventy fat deep and Stores, when full, about 7/4 millions of Gallous of Water having

wver age i

ni

a dry season, about Galloud flowing in.–

The Pokfoot um

Ou

GLA

er

ove thousandhe

area of the gathering ground above the new Reservoir is about 396 Statute veres.

the Outlet is on the 500 feet contand?

It will not be advisable to raise the Reservoir

Ombankment as sucht CourAR would endangere

works.

Hie

The Pokfolier Reservove must not be e- Corsidered, as available in dry weathers for muck more fan fifty days at one and a half Million of Gallows per day

As there should be Morage) fox two hundred and fifty doups at the least, it will require fower times the Polsfcolum Reservoir

Three hundred millions of Gjaklovs

arte.

ou say

Capacity of additional Storage

this supposes Heat Here

Here

may

will not be more than 250 days of continuous however be droughts. dry Weather of longer continuance).

Additional Morage Reservoirs

at sites marked and Colored ou

way

be made

as al

the map

Aberdeen and Tytan - Taling the 500 feet. contour line us the pount of outlet, aberdeen Site/

area of 567

and Gytau

these aros art

may

all

would give

area of about bb Jacres

borti

largerç

acced,

are

than Hust at Potefoolum and

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