HIGHER LEVELS WATER PRESSURE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 9 January 1931, Page 7

HIGHER LEVELS WATER PRESSURE

CHANGE IN HOURS FOR USE OF HOSES Complaints were received at last night’s City Council meeting from residents in Mount street and others regarding the weak water pressure on the higher levels. The Engineer stated that the shortage was general on the high levels. The Mayor: “Are you watering all day at Anzac Park?” The Engineer: “Yes, sprinkling.” The Mayor said a business man took exception to the fact that those sprinklers went all day when private people could not use the water. The Engineer said the gardeners could not be there in the watering hours. The Engineer stated that there was not a shortage of water, as was generally supposed, but the pipes would not carry the amount of water sufficient for the number of hoses used. The report stated that it would be necessary to run the pumps all day. The Mayor said the inspector had found a number of people wasting water, but the people had said they were ignorant of the advertised hours. However, the inspector had now been asked to be particularly vigilant. Councillor Watson said that since the restrictions were put on the pressure on the lower levels in Washington Valley had increased. If the water was used in the daytime the pressure was spoilt for the high levels and if people were caught they should he fined. He. moved that Mount street and Britannia Heights be allowed to water from six to eight o’clock in the evening. The other parts of the town will continue to water between 7 and 9 p.m. The Engineer assured Councillor Gibbs tlint the draw on the low levels did not affect the pressure on the high levels. Councillor Russell seconded the motion which was carried.