WATER SUPPLY AT SEASIDE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3554, 26 October 1926, Page 2

WATER SUPPLY AT SEASIDE.

DIAMETER OF ARTESIAN BORE.

Some discussion on the question of the diamejer of an artesian bore to be put down at the Manawatu Heads took place at the monthly meeting of the Fqxton Harbour Board on Saturday afternoon consequent on the readjng of the minutes of the local committee, which body reported that it had accepted a tender for a two inch bore to be put down to a depth of not more than 350 feet.

Mr E. R. B. ITolben stressed the necessity for the Board exercising foresight in the matter. He would like to see a three-inch bore substituted, as then more than double the flow would be obtained, and it would be possible for residents at the Heads to have a supply laid on for sanitary purposes. Next year the Board could go further by putting up a storage tank. The difference in price between bores of the two sizes mentioned was only £SO, and this extra expenditure could easily be recompensed by the revenue that would be obtained from the resdients. He then moved that the local committee’s minutes be adopted with the words “threeinch” substituted for “two-inch.”

“It seems to me,” stated the Chairman (Air .1. Linklater, M.P.) “only reasonable that we should give every facility to make a re sort of the township and enable the residents to obtain water for sanitary purposes. I know we are not very ‘flush’ as far as finances are concerned, but we should look at the matter from every angle.” Mr Barber said that the local committee were of the opinion that sufficient flow might be obtained from a two-inch pipe to supply any reasonable demand for water. However, he thought that the matter of a water supply to the township for sanitary purposes was one rather for a town board than for the Harbour Board. The Chairman: If we can get enough from a two-inch pipe, I am not after a three-inch one.

Replying to the point raised by Mr Hoi ben that the Board should always bear in mind the fact that water would be required some day for sanitary conveniences, Air Barber stated that the residents themselves could easily arrange for a supply by putting in a small well with an electric pump to lift it to a higher altitude. Personally he would like to see another diviner asked to_go over the ground, so that, if the spot selected by the first man were checked, the sinking of the well would not be so much in the nature of an experiment. AH Ilolben said lie was so confident that water would be struck that he would pay the difference in cost between two and ttyree-ineh pipes if* this did not prove the case.

After further brief discussion, Air Holben’s motion was put to the meeting and carried.