WATER CONSUMPTION
December Weather Reduces Borough Pumping That the weather does sometimes affect the consumption of water in Hastings appear-s to be indicated by the statistics supplied by the "Works Engineer, Mr. O, E- Evans, in hia report tp thq Hastings Boi'Qugb OonTicil far the past twq montb.s.- #*n Pecember las,t the rainfall wa.S 2.81 ixiches compared with .6Gin. duing tlie corvesponding month in 19.35 aiid the quantity of water pumped dropped from 40,725,000 gallons in 1935 to 41,955.000 gallons in December last. The Jamiary figurps, howevei , are rather conflicting, the rainfall last .month heiug 3.01 inches ccmipared wilh 4.68 inches the pvevious year and the quantity ,o.f water pumped wa? 42,372,000 gallans last month cotnpn'tvl with 42,175,000 gallons. Thu Havelock Xorth Town Hoard exeeecled their requir-enients by 59, 000 gallons in December and 105,000 gallons last month.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 24, 12 February 1937, Page 7
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