The areas within which the rider-main +1 system is to be applied are to be defined by the Governor-in-Council and, when an area has been so defined, all services to tene- ments within it will be disconnected from the principal mains and connected to the "rider-muins" as they are laid, unless the Governor-in-Council exprossly allows any tene- went to retain its service connected with the former. This is necessary to provide for premises in which any trade may be carried on, for which a constant supply of water may be practically essential, or which, for other reasons, it may be considered desirable to exempt from the "rüler- main system.
The cost of constructing the ruler-maine" and manking "the necessary alterations in the services will be charged against the owners of the various tenements within the Breas defined by the Governor-in-Commeil,
Outside the areas defined by the Governor-in-Council and in all cases of exemption within these areas, all ser- vices are to be provided with meters.
This is merely an extension of the system which bas heen in force outside the City of Victoria for a number of years past. In the Hill District and in Kowloon all sup- plies through services to private premises are at present metered.
In the case of metered supplies un allowance of water ir proportion to the rateable value of the premises will be given in respect of the water rate, which is included in the general rates, but all water used over and above that al- lowance will be charged for as "excess consumption.” This, it is hoped, will conduce to the prevention of waste. which is the chief object aimed at in this Bill, as it was also in that which it is intended to replace.
In periods of scarcity of water, the intermittent system of supply will be put in force in the “rider-main" districts only and, as it will be possible to afford every tenement a supply within a very brief period, it is believed that the secessary economy in the consumption will be effected without extending the system to the City generally. This will enable the occupiers of premises which are supplied by meter to enjoy a constant supply of water and it will also provide means for dealing with outbreaks of fire, as all the principal mains will be constantly charged with water.. Until the rider-mains" have been applied to a con- siderable portion of the City, it may be necessary to revert to the universal application of the intermittent system as hitherto, but it is hoped that, with their application over a extended area, this will become unncessary.
Hemi S. Berkeley
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