Just as Wellington outflrew the Mor ton Dam, so In a tew years' time, depend ing upon the rapidity of the city's development, and possibly on arrangements which may be made to supply ad joining boroughs with city water, may Wellington outgrow the supply that is now given. When that time comes a still greater storage reservoir, of 800,000,000 or 900,000,000 gallons, capacity, will probably be built in tho Wamui Valley below the present reservoirs, and wth «nays to this future work the Orongorongo main does not follow the bod of the vallny, as do the old ™»Brb«t" runs by the now. hljher level md The areat dam will *rtmer« tto valley no to tfifs tov«l to a lira Z beyond the furthest bend of tne new roadway,

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 151, 23 December 1926, Page 11

Just as Wellington outflrew the Mor ton Dam, so In a tew years' time, depend ing upon the rapidity of the city's development, and possibly on arrangements which may be made to supply ad joining boroughs with city water, may Wellington outgrow the supply that is now given. When that time comes a still greater storage reservoir, of 800,000,000 or 900,000,000 gallons, capacity, will probably be built in tho Wamui Valley below the present reservoirs, and wth «nays to this future work the Orongorongo main does not follow the bod of the vallny, as do the old ™» B rb«t" runs by the now. hljher level md The areat dam will *rtmer« tto valley no to tfifs tov«l to a lira Z beyond the furthest bend of tne new roadway,