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 -
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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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