WATER FOR THE CITY

Evening Post, Volume 148, Issue 148, 20 December 1923, Page 8

WATER FOR THE CITY

RAIN, BUT NOT ENOUGH.

ITAlthongli heavy rain fell at Wainui «nd';Karori on Tuesday night, there was not .too much of it,v Btated the Waterworks Engineer to a "Post" reporter today.'. The Morton dam commenced to overflow yesterday afternoon, and with tße -amount of water absorbed by the catchment area will probably continue to overflow for some time, but the question was'iwhether the fall had been sufficient foX^Qbk the reserve soil and bush sufficiently to ensure a steady soakage and iTreain flow for any considerable time. JSOite would have thought that the 'dtjwnponr would have filled the Karori reservoirs right to the brim and over it', but as a matter of fact, Mr. Morice (States, there is very little difference in tho«water levels. The Karori catchment ifea'Js small,'.'only about an eleventh or a^twelfth of the Wainui reserve,, and the ■oi^- owing to lock of growth of anything', like the water-holding qualities of t&at ,at Wainui, dries up more rapidly, and does not assure so regular a flow. , the position at the present moment was sa,fe enough, concluded, Mr. Morice, there was still need for care, and<-deliberate waste of water would lead offenders into trouble.

Though the Karori catchment area soaked u£ a. vast quantity of water before the" stream" flow began, Karori roofs, those in good repair at any rate, saw |thaf house tanks were given a fair-restart.- Baths for the family are >gain permissible, as well as desirable. Seatoun Heights residents and those who live over at Day's Bay and Eastbourne, also have no immediate anxiety over their private water supplies, but having run so closely to a water famine so early dn £he year many have quite possibly drawn op fresh rules and regulations— .or installed more tanks. " ..