CONSUMPTION OF WATER
99 Gallons a Head a Day in Hastings STATISTICS FOR YEAR Based on a population Of 13,000 in the borough of Hastings, it lias been estimated .that each man, woman and child uses 99.2 galions of water a day all the year roUnd. This quantity eceeds last year 's daily estimated consumption by gust over five gallons* • Reporting to the Hastings Borough Couneil on the rainfall and water pump. ing in his anxiual survey of the Bofough Works Department, the engineer, Mr. C* E* Evans, said that the total nUni*ber of gallons of water pumped durixig the year was 470,755,000 gallons, an increase of 24,140,500 gallons on the previous year. Erom the statistics supplied by Mr. Evans it would appear quite definitely that the rainfall for the borough has a direct influence on. the consumption of water, for the past year was a very dry one in comparision with the previous 12 months, the total rainfall for the periods being 22.92 incb.es last year and 54.97 the year before.. The monthly totals for the pumping and- fainfall for the- past two years are given as follows: — . . ,
! The - engineer also reported that the . Havelock North Town Board . pumped 686,700 gallons of water in excess of their . own requirements during the year.
1935/6. 1936/7. Gallons. Gallons. April 36,250,000 36,655,000 May 35,225,000 35,750,000 June 33,150,000 33,600,000 July 38,350,000 33,725,000 August ...... 34,000,000 35,325,000 September •• 32,520,000 35,225,000 : October .... 36,875,000 39,762,500 November *. 34,750,000 44,960,000 December . . 49,725,000 41,955,000 January .... 42,175,000 42,372,500 February ... 39,475,000 44,340,000 March 39,120,000 47,085,000 Totals .... 446,615,000 470,755,000
PUMPING.
1935/6. ' 1936?7. Inches. Inches. April • 7.83 2.69 May i. ........ 1.84 .97 June .......... 5.49 4.70 July .......... 6.35 2.49 August ........ 2.06 1.17 September 4.63 1.2'd October ....... 1.59 1.09 November . . . .. 2.63 - 1.91 December ..... .66 2.81 January ...... 4.68 3.01 February ...... 11.32 .11 March ........ 5.89 .86 Total. 54.97 22.92
RAINFALL.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 88, 30 April 1937, Page 7
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