The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY. MAY 19, 1908. ARTESIAN WATER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 386, 19 May 1908, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY. MAY 19, 1908. ARTESIAN WATER.

The Borough Council has been interesting itself for some time past in the question of a borough water supply, per medium of artesian bores. It went so far as to call tenders for putting down two trial wells, but owing to the stringency ‘of the specifications, no tenders were received. Hearing that the Hutt Borough Council had adopted a w T ater supply scheme for its borough, the Town Clerk made enquiries re same, and has received the following particulars, which should be of interest to local residents. Provision is made for a daily supply of a million gallons. The work of reticulation involved the use of 2000 ft of loin pipe, 12,000 ft of jin, 2000 ft of 6in, 8000 ft of sin, 10,oooft of 4 in, arid 92,400 ft of 3in. The water is obtained from ten artesian bores, three inches in diameter, which discharge into a receiving tank whence the water is pumped into a reservoir having a storage capacity of a million gallons, or, if necessary, into the mains direct. The reservoir affords a pressure of 501 b to the square inch, sufficient to cope with fires in an incipient stage. Should a fire become serious the water could be pumped direct into the mains, giving a pressure and supply equal to anything that might be required. Two 70 h.p. pumping engines have each a delivering capacity of 750 gallons per minute against a head of 120 ft, and a pressure of 400 gallons per minute

each against a head of 200 ft, thus giving a supply of something like one million gallons, or enough for 25,000 gallons per head. The approximate complete cost of the work is ,£IB,OOO. Tested by the Tower Hutt fire brigade, the water attained a height of nearly Bolt. A similar scheme to meet Foxton’s requirements could be put down at much below half the above cost.