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pipes laid with open joints and surrounded with broken stone, the remaining part of the pipe trenches being filled in with screened sand. The sand in the valley bottoms is thus turned to account as a natural filtering agent and even during the heaviest rains the water arrives clear at the wells.
From the wells, which are at a level of 30 to 40 feet above the sea, the water is conveyed in iron pipes, laid in deep trenches, to a storage tank of 150,000 gallons capacity at Yaumati. It is then pumped to a reservoir constructed on the top of an adjacent hill, 215 feet above sea level and having a capacity of 160,000 gallons, and from there it is distributed through cast iron mains varying from 7 inches to 3 inches in diameter and aggregating about 10 miles in length.
For the supply of the native population, fountains were fixed in the various villages, most of the European houses having their supply laid on in the usual manner. All private supplies, whether for domestic purposes or otherwise, were measured by meter. To assist in regulating the supply, a second reservoir of 40,000 gallons capacity was constructed on a hill at Hung Hom, about 2 miles distant from Yaumati, at a height of 160 feet above the sea.
The engines and pumps, of the Worthington type, were supplied by Messrs. James Simpson & Co., London. Each set is capable of delivering 10,000 gallons per hour.
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pipes laid with open joints and surrounded with broken stone, the remaining part of the pipe :) trenches being filled in with screened sand. The sand in the valley bottoms is thus turned to account as a
national filtering agent and even
during the heaviest rains the water arrives clour at the wells.
From the wells, which are at a level of
the water is conveyed
30 to 40 feet above the
in iron pipes, laid deep trenches, to a
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syphons storage tank of 150,000 gal.
so as to avoid
lons capacity at Yaumali. It is then pumped
ints
a reservoir constructed
on
the top of
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adjaunt hill, 215 feet above sea level and having capacity of 160,000 gallons, and from there it is distributed through cast iron maine varying from 7 inches to 3 inches in diameter and aggregat
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about
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For the supply of the native population;
fountains
fixed in the
various
villages, most of the European houses having
laid on in the usual manner. All
a
supply
purposes,
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brade
was
private supplies, whether for domestic
however measured by mater. To assist in regulating the supply, second reservoir of 40,000 gallons capaciti constructed on a hill at Hung Kom, about 2 mileo distant from Yaumati, ut a height of 160 feet above the sea.
The
duplicate
atta
which
are in
engines and pumps, of the Worthington type and were supplied by Mesoro James Simpson +b2, London. Each set is capable of delivering 10,000 gallons per
hour
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