TANK WATER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 276, 12 April 1911, Page 5

TANK WATER.

■ f To the Editor. ■ « Sir,—lt gives me much pleasure t* J be ior once ou the same side as Mr., ]> t Enroth, and in defence of water. Your deprecatory remarks on tank water may ■?{ be applicable to Queensland, but scarcely ■ >j so to New Zealand with its frequent v rainfall, and need not scare anyone using ' J tank water here, if proper and reason- il able care is exercised. My object, how- Juj ever, just now is to recommend to those '■s who depend on tanks the adoption of >jjf a system which I used myself, and wa» ,'*s the means oi introducing some thirty years ago to public schools in which I was interested as a committee-man, viz., to use two tanks so placed that the tog',« of one is, say, six inches higher than; || the other, so as to allow the overflow, from the higher tank to discharge intq '<M the lower one. By this means only th((' 3 comparatively pure rain-water reached -jS the second tank, and could be used fos *>■;]§ drinking and culinary purposes, whiliU rq the first tank is used for washing pur« Vjl poses. By this means the supply in Sg the first tank is considerably lowered "-Si between times of rainfall, and so allowa J8 time for foreign matter to be cipitated before commencing to dit**'l| charge into the drinking tank; also efrMw abling the first or receiving tank to JNrjjflj periodically cleaned out whenever drinking tank is filled up, without aSI ficing the Whole supply of water. If' fiifSS addition to this any care to go expense of inserting filtering apparatuV'llg as I did, between the tWo tanks,"ttoMg they will have a perfect water wMssSi even better than the town supply, wmctbMß is at times surcharged with matter, giving the water a brown color, which I never observed iß'Jljj my tank service. I cannot, agree with Mr. Enroth that possesses the inherent quality of clarify«ssj|| infe itself. Of course, insoluble matte® jJSj held in suspension gradually nrecinitrtMiSßß but this does not apply to tbe soluble, which is frequently invisible, as a in point, viz., a certain pump in Ixmdtt||9| much frequented in my boyhood becauMln of its delicious water, has since condemned as unwholesome. LflaJgl everything else, a little care guided hyfaß common-sense will prevent man? I am, etc., N. T. MAUNDER. PUKEKURA PARK. 4|fl To thTiditor. :&M Sir,—Referring to the complaint ntM the cutting down of some trees in Puk&|lH kura Park, I hasten to assure your eorajH respondent and the public that what iflH being done is the result of very consideration by the Board, and inspection of every tree selected for moval. The object is to thin out whsle||M overcrowding occurs. This is a proeeidJjgM ing that is always going on in tions. The pity is that, in our case, mygiKH of funds has delayed this necessary woritgH year after year, until now much has already been done. Many of smaller trees, such as the growing under the pines, are greatly figured by huge dfead branches, and ttaKBH trees are pressing on tlie pines- and'' fignring them and interfering with development. Other trees selectedremoval have been partly broken by galea. It is not intended to with the beautiful avenue leading* Carrington road. 'Where trees moved the vacant places will be up with I'erni and small trees, can flourish under the pines; vistas now obstructed by rank growth will be opened up here and by cutting a way some shrubs and hanging brandies. My own for resisting the wanton trees should be some assurance that work in hand will be effected with consideration for the beauty of our This assurance I can give, also for members of the board and for the tor.—l am, etc., , S. CLINTON HUGHBK^H