219. Storage. Details of storage in the impounding reservoirs are as follows:
Date Storage in Million Gallons. Remarks.
1st April 1952 1,969.25 Normal
25th May 1952....... 1,415.28 Minimum for year. The rainy season was very late in commencing.
29th Aug. 1952 5,970.80
7th-9th, 14th-19th, 21st-24th Sept. 1952 Maximum. All reservoirs full for 14 days.
on 120 days between the 14th June and 11th Oct. 1952.
1st April 1953. 2,291.34 One or more reservoirs overflowing to waste. Slightly above normal.
220. Consumption. The total quantity of water supplied to the urban areas amounted to 11,601 million gallons and 418.83 million gallons to the New Territories Villages. The daily average from the main works was 31.78 million gallons per day which is 0.2 million gallons per day less than the previous year. The total hours of supply, however, were 655 less than last year, a decrease of 18.8%.
The total consumption on the Island could not be calculated because of the use of an unmetered bypass to minimize the lack of pressure resulting from the 5-hour supply period.
A full supply for the whole of the Colony was not possible at any time during the year except during the traditional festivals of Christmas and Chinese New Year. It is to be noted that on one of these days consumption amounted to 48.67 million gallons. The average hours of supply per day throughout the year were 7.7 as compared with 9.5 for the previous year.
221. Distribution. The experience gained during the previous year in dealing with such a short daily period of supply was very valuable and the distribution was on the whole more
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219. Storage. Details of storage in the impounding reser- voirs are as follows:
Date
Storage in
Million
Gallons.
Remarks.
1st April 1952
1,969.25
Normal
25th May 1952.......
1,415.28
Minimum for year.
The rainy season
was very late in commencing.
29th Aug. 1952
7th-9th, 14th-19th
5,970.80
21th-24th Sept. 1952
Maximum. All reservoirs full for 14
days.
on 120 days between
the 14th June and 11th Oct. 1952.
1st April 1953.
2,291.34
One or more reservoirs overflowing to
waste.
Slightly above normal.
220. Consumption. The total quantity of water supplied to the urban areas amounted to 11,601 million gallons and 418.83 million gallons to the New Territories Villages. The daily average from the main works was 31.78 million gallons per day which is .2 million gallons per day less than the previous year. The total hours of supply, however were 655 less than last year, a decrease of 18.8%.
The total consumption on the Island could not be cal- culated because of the use of an unmettered bypass to minimize the lack of pressure resulting from the 5 hour supply period.
A full supply for the whole of the Colony was not possible at any time during the year except during the traditional festivals of Christmas and Chinese New Year. It is to be noted that on one of these days consumption amounted to 48.67 million gallons. The average hours of supply per day throughout the year were 7.7 as compared with 9.5 for the previous year.
221. Distribution. The experience gained during the previous year in dealing with such a short daily period of supply was very valuable and the distribution was on the whole more
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