SUMMER WATER SUPPLY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 7

SUMMER WATER SUPPLY.

THE CITY'S POSITION.' - SUMMED TO BY THE MAYOE The tropical downpour of rain which fell al middaj jostorda} was hailed with pleasure by \ many parched suburban residents, to whom the sound of water gurgling into tho tank was musio The long spell of dry weather had bo- , gun to make residents who h&io to rely on tank supplies look anxiously for rain—even more ram than fell yestcidaj ■ Dnnng tho course of a conversation on tho ; y at ? 1 n 6up P, lj, the Jt8 ><" ©« Now man) I remarked thai the pobilion of the city was moie btidsfnctoij than it had been lor. soars past 'ihe inun trouble in llio put had been on the high. le\ols, but much had been < and was still bung done to iciucdy the short- : Lomingß lyslbnrne had its own watei ru=erion and walu supph, and tho position of the m!? en i V"-H e j l, ? lu "2 « uln P l '">ied for some ' t me liad been alteied within tho post week since tho storage htik at tho top of the B^ imeal Gnulens lmd been uoiking lho reeeE \on which supplied Kelburno had been c". Higed, md woufd also supph Northland The W lon- bot, T xw, . t0 I , nnd ' ani > bcfore tt»» i° Nwthhnd and \V l d es to«a ustnets noiild hare their suiinK Wnlcr un tRu,i an,l,le ,n,er tOl M ill^u^hn^^ SdditiS. »f w ,l *. P. 0 " 1 "" 1 ,lM th<lt . «'H> the ■ nZ'7 th f ? n<l , ,' ,t 'and , ,"th the •* iniount of building going on mi the milmil™ « l'oclally at Kilbiri& and Hatata, there : r i«» in 1C n ? xt UuoD oi four «««r£ ■ n lß [fe ! '1 i V Population was jeiging on 80,000. / 1 mn, too. the biipplj of this lniee cih Ho. KL°'V nltn< U 01,tncl y u p°» > oTw* \ lin-'k from Wmnni, which wis a utj in. JHfflio fonndalioi. "WiUnn tho n,xt So or luce jears," contmne.l 1), Nt«,unn, ' V\el supph (he growing demand ioi water 'Ihis, nnJu ! nV ,O, l M i , " c ' in an etppytlituro of close on JU',,OOO, which ■m tp U cent, «,th i per I f ? m Aril fluu!, ~le' l u4 "" ""Jdifaonal bur > audition, with the evoi inciansmg demand fo' ', expenditure, will be a hcaty burden " J Continuing, lit No»!mn pointed out thai ono reason why this cxtia expenditure wouli! w necdod was that there w&& eieiy possibilitj ot the inclusion of seienl suburb™ , areas, such us Miramar and Ki\iori, both of which ■• I suburb!,, thfic wis soino ui«ou Iq bolio\e. might shortly he included in the city It was probable also that the Ouslon Borough i would nnko further demands for water. Of ' > coursp, tho of districts would l ' not add to Wellington rates because cny water supplj to them would h-ne to bo charged for at a TBto that would coypi tho oipen«o tn- 1 tailed question of increasing watei sUpplv had to be deilt with in e»cry rapidly , Browing citj in the w.orld. and it was un everSioHing Eourco pf expandituio In cities like London New Tori, Glasgow, and Manchester tho nutliorities had to be continually spend, ing argo sums of money on further watci supplies With the icoplo, of 'Wellington , ■ <ib\ni, say, between CO and 70 gallons per head oftch day, it was clear that tho pipes and stongo that would suffice for 60,000 or 70,000 P"ople wDhld'not be sulhciont for a city of 100,001) inhabitants , , ■ i Whoa tho, new reservoir at Wainui is ', finished the capacitj of the \arioue icser\oirs which supply tho city, not including storage liu&s, will bo — 'i ' : r.i i ,r „ Gallons. Old Karon Itoscnoir 40,000 000 J\ew Karon Hoser\oir C 2.500.000 IDistnbuting IJabiii 1,000,000 Woimu o matt . . 20,000,000 Kolburno fsnyice) , .... 200 000 Brooklyn (service) , . 422,000 j Nctr Storago Reservoir, Wamul 118,000,000 Total . , 2«8,J28,000 / ' Tho additions now being made to the Ivelburno rc6cr\oir for tho supplj of Wades- I town and Northland. Will bring the capacity of that rcenoir up to 250,000 gallons.