HEAtIN-HAMILfON
With the continuation of the long spell of iiot.dry weather-in.Hamiltqrt, there has been a heavy demand"tfn the water supply of'the tbWn, and some 2,000;000 gallons daijy.pass rthEough the borough ; reticulation- system. The water-ris -diawnV..frpm" the. W.aikato River; arid-filtered arid, pumped'in to, a •.reservoir; on thW Lake Ttoa'd'.'Hill/' from Iwhkh -i* is .by grayLtatidfj. A large ; new gravity ..filter'is"being built..- It will have ]a /filtering "capacity of i,500,000. gallons, and an output of 3,000,000 gallons daily. The provision of additional: pumping facilities is being considered by the Borough Council. Part of the heavy demand en the pumping plant and reservoir is due to the excessive-use of garden hoses, arid a- warning, has ' been" --issued- by -the council that unless greater care is exercised in this direction it. mll;be necessary to impose, restrictions.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1938, Page 11
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132HEAtIN-HAMILfON Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1938, Page 11
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