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WATER SITUATION REPORT

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1974.

THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (TUESDAY) STOOD AT 48,717 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 72.4 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS

TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 61,511 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 32,661 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 47,763 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 64.7 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

NO RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED

SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 1,865.9 MM (73.46 IN).

THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 2,087.4 MM (82.18 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 10.6 PER CENT.

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