CITY WATER SUPPLY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 97, 17 January 1908, Page 9

CITY WATER SUPPLY.

.v CHECKING THE'WASTE; SUJjURBAN'BAIN-AVATER 1 TANKS. Tlie water in the Karori 'Reservoir went down 21Wnches as' a Tesuit of t-Ke extra dewans'ypon'tha't 'source \supply on Tilesday last,, when the Wairiui main was disabled. . The City- Engineer' (Mr. W. H. Morton), states 'H-hat during 'the., last few days the •consumption-' bf' water in 1 ' the ',city has 'been considerably reduced. This is due; no doubt,.to-tho greater.care exorcised, by householders; in; avoiding waste;- and - to ..tho cessation. ,of improper ' use of'water,' People arc realising, the seriousness of: tlie situation.'.' The warnings that have ; appeared in '.'the Press, are-taking effect, or else a wholesome fear has been.created by the issue of n'trnorous summonses for breaoji of tho water bjdoes not think- it v-111 bo" necessary to' resort to the extrcino step of cutting off;the water for a portion of the day from any part-of the city, but the' uctd for- economy'on thfs part of all rqisumew is'still as urgent as ever, ,if not' more ! f°" \ This is especialß- tho case'' on the higher ' levels, including such-localities'.as MitchellA* o Street',-; arid 'the. 1 district 'above W ellington' Terrace. Those portions (if the oity> ar'e de}ie|ld6lit on the Karori' recervoir, 1 and their position is'"such'as to justify some anxiety .:.\ •" " \ ■ ■'" 1 Meariwfifle/ the .residents of ithe oiitlying ' wburbs;'which,-are not connected -with' the I city;supply, are experiencing more and more inconvenience et;eiy day: -Many of the do- 1 mestic tanks at Miramar have gone dry,, and 1 tife: wells are now-, the main source of supply ; I These;.are. not expected to. fail, but a good 1 dcaliof fetching and carryirfg has to be done, ; and if'rthe'. dry-weather 'lasts another fort- ' night, >the position' will become very acute. 1 At.rKarori,: Crofton, '••Khandallah, and other 1 places, .where the galvanised tank under the J eaves is': tactically'the. bnlyisoiirce of water ] supply,V the', most'-rigid ' economy., is. : being ' practised. The loveb'of!. the- morning' tub— J which sjirely inearis almost everybody in this ( woather— haß. to be content ; with a "sponge- J down.": There >'iS"still ■&: little water in-most ' of.'the tanks, but it cannot last muchlonger * •"Wles3 it is replenished from the clouds. 1

' : ' STREET WATERING. Owing to-the'objectiqns'raised against salt. water the city streets are/watered from the mains, and at:, present there seems to be.no alternative. ' Mr:'^Wr ; (City Engineer) stated toja' Dpinjiioji representative that some time ago '.with •"'» i; .prcprietary articloviii Featherston Street'/ but, "chough it kept-th^'.'dust dowri longer, t>hsi> . water, 'it was". tW.^M^siTe , 'f6r',J»rdijiaTy.. 'wo| When in 1 the •serfico of the Melbourne Ciis Council ho''trie'clJsoVeral'idifferent oils on the. streets, huc-,iione;,bf ;tliom proved'satisfactory. A Wellingt6n r firin''Had recently supplied him with a sample of calcium carbide to use with ,*ator.,for .the. same purpose. It is claimed that.this material, by forming a sort of.skin oyer the road,-enables frequent waterings to .ba:disponsed with.' Mr. Mortoii intends to giro It a fair "trial.