THE WATER SUPPLY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 94, 14 January 1908, Page 5

THE WATER SUPPLY.

BREAK IN THE WAINUI MAIN. WATER CUT OFF. GARDENS TO BE LEFT" DRY. Coming upon the rather soribtia sitnatibn in regard to tho city 3 supply of water, boltSequent Upon tho long dry Spoil, cornea How's that should make overy resident of the, city use tho utmost care in the uso of water. Between iiino and ten o'clock last night llews. reached the 'City Engineer (Mr. Mbrtbli) that, a break had occurred' in the Waifltti Main on the Hutt. Road. A gang of mell were hastily got together, ;mrl, undor Mr. Dines, foreman, proceeded to the) Sjibt to effect repairs. ' At 11 p.m. Mr. Morton had not received information AS' tb tho eSflct 'spot wliefo the' break had beburrbd, aiid, in view of that lack of information,' judged that it might- be Bomb distance from a telephone, and, possibly off tho main Hutt Road, towards tliij AVainui hills. He had no information as to the Seriousness of tho. break, nor its cause, but suggested that it might have been caused by thb recent earthquake shocks (there Was. blib late on Saturday night, and another early on Sunday morning) . . . :. The .Valv'es shutting oft the Waintii supply at bbtli ends Were blbSed as soon as possibles, and it, ia hoped, without aiiy. great lbSs of Water, / ;. .-. . . .' .' ... .With the consumption equal to the ihflbW at Waimii, and tlio Itarori I'cservbir very low, tho 'pbfiitibh is rather serious, for, Until the break is repaired, the%lty is de,pbndent. bri • Karbri, whifih/whiib supplying the Wllblo of'the citj', , caiiliot give. pressure eilbiigh to supply thb' v high Ibvels'/.. ( 1f thb' bi-eak is a serious bi'io,' it will no doubt bo found iieobssary to Shut off the water from tlio low-lying ; part 3 of the oity to-night to givo the hill-dwellers a chance of drawing off supplies.

: -Tho City .Engineer wishes us to state that rtb: ono, whether they havo meters or not, should Water their gardens ; ilntil thb pre* sent situation is relieved. , . •