fore, possible to conserve our local resources resulting in 9,250 million gallons being available in the Colony's reservoirs at the close of the year.
Storage
7.04. Water in the impounding reservoirs at the various dates was:
Date Quantity Million Gallons Remarks 1st April, 1964 3,644 23.0% full 1st July, 1964 9,241 58.3% 1st October, 1964 15,800 99.6% 1st January, 1965 13,394 84.4% 31st March, 1965 9,250 58.3%7.05. All reservoirs were overflowing during 3 days in September and 11 days in October, so that the dry season was started with the maximum quantity of 15,868 million gallons in storage, excluding the supply from China.
Consumption
7.06. The supply hours of 4 hours every 4th day were extended to 4 hours on alternate days on 29th May, 4 hours daily supply on 11th June, 8 hours daily on 1st July and a full supply was introduced on 1st September which it was possible to maintain until the end of the financial year. During the year a total of 5,922 hours of supply was given and 31,744 million gallons were consumed of which 675 million gallons were consumed in the New Territories.
7.07. The Urban average daily consumption during the full supply period was over 101 million gallons, with an all-time record of 126.7 million gallons consumed on 14th October.
Distribution
7.08. Complaints during the severe restrictions of the first part of the year were inevitably numerous, but these were reduced to negligible proportion on the introduction of a 24 hours supply.
Water Analyses
7.09. The target standard of purity based upon the number of coliform organisms absent in 100 c.c. of treated water, was universally maintained. Sub-standard samples were generally traced to pollution from the inside services of private property attendant on infringements of the Waterworks Ordinance.
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fore, possible to conserve our local resources resulting in 9,250 million gallons being available in the Colony's reservoirs at the close of the year.
Storage
7.04. Water in the impounding reservoirs at the various dates was:
Date
1st April, 1964
1st July, 1964
1st October, 1964
1st January, 1965
•
Quantity Million Gallons
3,644
9,241
15,800
13,394
9,250
Remarks
23.0% full
58.3%
"
99.6%
84.4%
""
58.3%
""
31st March, 1965
7.05. All reservoirs were, overflowing during 3 days in September and 11 days in October, so that the dry season was started with the maximum quantity of 15,868 million gallons in storage, excluding the supply from China.
Consumption
7.06. The supply hours of 4 hours every 4th day were extended to 4 hours on alternate days on 29th May, 4 hours daily supply on 11th June, 8 hours daily on 1st July and a full supply was introduced on 1st September which it was possible to maintain until the end of the financial year. During the year a total of 5,922 hours of supply was given and 31,744 million gallons were consumed of which 675 million gallons were consumed in the New Territories.
7.07. The Urban average daily consumption during the full supply period was over 101 million gallons, with an all time record of 126.7 million gallons consumed on 14th October.
Distribution
7.08. Complaints during the severe restrictions of the first part of the year were inevitably numerous, but these were reduced to negligible proportion on the introduction of a 24 hours supply.
Water Analyses
7.09. The target standard of purity based upon the number of coliform organisms absent in 100 c.c. of treated water, was universally maintained. Sub-standard samples were generally traced to pollution from the inside services of private property attendant on infringements of the Water- works Ordinance.
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