to obtain the maximum benefit from the limited quantity of water available for disposal.
Rainfall.
Supply
286. The rainfall for the year as recorded by the Royal Observatory was 67.32 inches. This is 17.42 less than the average of 84.74 inches and compares with an average of 68.17 inches recorded during the year by the raingauges in the various Waterworks catchment areas.
Storage.
287. The following table gives details of storage in the impounding reservoirs:
Date Storage in Million Gallons Remarks April 1st 1,858.27 Below normal. April 30th 1,133.69 Minimum, and well below normal. September 16th 5,034.42 Maximum. 937 below full capacity. April 1st 1957 1,699.82 Below normal. Excluding Tai Lam Chung. April 1st 1957 1,197.23 In Tai Lam Chung New Reservoir. 2,897.05 Total. Well above normal.Consumption.
288. The urban areas were supplied with 12,008 million gallons of water and the New Territories villages with a further 453 million gallons, a decrease of 671 and an increase of 49 million gallons respectively over the previous year. The total number of hours of supply throughout the year amounted to 1,709.5 as compared with 2,343 hours in 1955/56, being an average of 4.6 hours per day compared with 6.4 hours per day.
289. The consumption on the 7-hour period attained the peak figure of 44.22 million gallons on July 9th. The maximum daily consumption 58.19 million gallons (the highest ever recorded) occurred during the Chinese New Year holiday when a full
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to obtain the maximum benefit from the limited quantity of water available for disposal.
Rainfall.
Supply
286. The rainfall for the year as recorded by the Royal Observatory was 67.32 inches. This is 17.42 less than the average of 84.74 inches and compares with an average of 68.17 inches recorded during the year by the raingauges in the various Waterworks catchment areas.
Storage.
287. The following table gives details of storage in the impounding reservoirs:
Date
Storage in Million
Remarks
Gallons
April 1st
1,858.27
Below normal.
April 30th
1,133.69
Minimum, and well below normal.
September 16th
5,034.42
Maximum. 937 below full capacity.
April 1st 1957
1,699.82
Below normal. Excluding Tai Lam
Chung.
April 1st 1957
1,197.23
April 1st 1957
2,897.05
In Tai Lam Chung New Reservoir.
Total. Well above normal.
Consumption.
288. The urban areas were supplied with 12,008 million gallons of water and the New Territories villages with a further 453 million gallons, a decrease of 671 and an increase of 49 million gallons respectively over the previous year. The total number of hours of supply throughout the year amounted to 1,709.5 as compared with 2,343 hours in 1955/56, being an average of 4.6 hours per day compared with 6.4 hours per day.
289. The consumption on the 7-hour period attained the peak figure of 44.22 million gallons on July 9th. The maximum daily consumption 58.19 million gallons (the highest ever recorded) occurred during the Chinese New Year holiday when a full
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