A CITY UTILITY
. MORE WATER AT WAINUI. I The recent rains have had an appreciJ able effect on the water supply at WaiI nui. A fortnight-ago the level of tho | water at the Morton dam was about 14ft. a. below the lip of the by-wash. Yester--9 day ft was only 6ft. below, showing that !the rains of last week and on Sunday have freshened up the streapis that feed the big dam. Now that the dry weather has broked it. is not anticipated that there will bo another water (supply crisis this year. . ~ The dams at Karon were still vory low yesterday, notwithstanding the fact that ■ the rainfall of the past week was i heavier thoro than at Wainui. There is $ only a watershed at Karori of GOO acres, 'anil naturally any fall of rain has .very I' little effect on the water conserved in the | 'impounding dams.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 207, 27 May 1919, Page 3
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148A CITY UTILITY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 207, 27 May 1919, Page 3
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