THE WATER CRISIS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 6

THE WATER CRISIS.

CIVIC AUTHORITIES HESITATING. ' Yesterday morning tlio water in the Wainul reservoir. was 37 inches below-the by-wash. The Mayor and the City Engineer,' therefore, had' it, in their, power to' prohibit, in terms •of the Council's resolution, the use of municipal .water for certain industrial and other This stop has: not, howover, been taken,-and'there is just-a chance that it will not bo : takeri. The that tho consumption- lias' considerably decreased during the last few days, and, this being so, the authorities will perhaps try .to carry on a little longer without .puttmg ; busines's and industries •to the . inconvenience of . a partial cutting-off of tho water supply. : In the meantime, thero may; be. .rain. i\. It has come in other parts of the Dominion, and may surely bo expected Here s at no distant date; , The Mayor of Lower Hutt offered to issist ;tho city, by putting half a million gallons of water from the now supply of the borough into the city mains. The daily, consumption in Wellington is about million gallons. '•,•'•• . The municipal Inspectors are still watching warily to-catch nocturnal hosers and water-wasters-;Jof; : 'all- Hnds.-';--.-The official eye looks with-cold suspicion upon anyono who has a •greener lawn; than his neighbour's. .