Waste Detection
293. The increased activity of the Waste Detection organization, mentioned in last year's Report, continued and nearly the whole of the urban areas has been systematically divided into zones and checked for leakage.
294. Items repaired and retested until satisfactory included defective valves, stopcocks, house connexions, etc. Work also continued on tracing visible leaks, checking cases of high consumption, preventing the use of water for unauthorized purposes and attending to complaints. Total leakages traced and dealt with amounted to approximately 50,000 gallons per hour. The checking of restriction valves and selected premises also helped to reduce as far as possible leakage into service during restriction periods.
Metered Services
295. The demand for new metered services continued at a high rate, 2,950 being installed on the Mainland, and 1,692 on the Island. The following table shows the position over the last three years:
Year New Meters Installed Meters in Service Total 1956/57 Mainland: 4,756296. The reduction in numbers of new meters did not reflect a reduction in new consumers but rather an increased provision of multi-storied buildings. In large apartment blocks where individual flats are sold off, responsibility for repairs to the inside service cannot be placed on one guarantor and as separate meters to each flat are not permitted, the number of consumers sharing common meters has increased.
Workshops
297. The enlarged workshop labour force mentioned in last year's Report remained fully engaged during the year. 2,178 jobs were undertaken, an increase of 9.3% over the previous year; these included 247 orders for other Government Departments and the overhaul of 45,701 meters, representing 71% of all meters in service at the beginning of the year.
Mainlaying
298. Mainlaying continued on extensions to serve new development, alterations arising from road reconstruction, replacement of defective ...
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Waste Detection
293. The increased activity of the Waste Detection organization, mentioned in last year's Report, continued and nearly the whole of the urban areas has been systematically divided into zones and checked for leakage.
294. Items repaired and retested until satisfactory included defective valves, stopcocks, house connexions, etc. Work also continued on tracing visible leaks, checking cases of high consumption, preventing the use of water for unauthorized purposes and attending to complaints. Total leakages traced and dealt with amounted to approximately 50,000 gallons per hour. The checking of restriction valves and selected premises also helped to reduce as far as possible leakage into service during restriction periods.
Metered Services
295. The demand for new metered services continued at a high rate, 2,950 being installed on the Mainland, and 1,692 on the Island. The following table shows the position over the last three years:
Year
1956/57 ...
1957/58...
1958/59 ...
New Meters Installed
Meters in
Total
Mainland
Island
Service
4,756
2,452
7,208
57,305
4,033
2,621 6,654
63,959
2,950
1,692 4,642
68,601
296. The reduction in numbers of new meters did not reflect a reduction in new consumers but rather an increased provision of multi- storied buildings. In large apartment blocks where individual flats are sold off, responsibility for repairs to the inside service cannot be placed on one guarantor and as separate meters to each flat are not permitted, the number of consumers sharing common meters has increased.
Workshops
297. The enlarged workshop labour force mentioned in last year's Report remained fully engaged during the year. 2,178 jobs were under- taken, an increase of 9.3% over the previous year; these included 247 orders for other Government Departments and the overhaul of 45,701 meters, representing 71% of all meters in service at the beginning of the
year.
Mainlaying
298. Mainlaying continued on extensions to serve new development, alterations arising from road reconstruction, replacement of defective
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