THE WATER SUUPLY.

Evening Star, Issue 17691, 18 June 1921, Page 6

THE WATER SUUPLY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Can yon explain why the water ■supply is cut- off every night? If it id on account of .Qwitagc in such a season! as mid-winter, it is high time the Water Committee got busy and did something to remedy this before the commencement of summer. In any case, if we are to hei limited in our supply, why not treat all the suburbs in like manner, for Koslyn’s mips arc still increasing, and wa' have little la show for it. ' It would he appreciated by many if yoif would publish the telephone number of the place where the person is to he found who could turn on the water in ease of an outbreak of lire, for wc have not forgotten how, in the dnvlime. a house was burnt {’town through our supply being turned oil; and in such a gale as was! experienced here on Ihursday night what chance would the brigade have under similar conditions?—l am. etc., June 18. Ratepayer. [Mr MTurdie, t'itv Engineer, courteously supplies .the information asked for. Thu water supple is not cut, otf every night, h-t in L’osivn the pressure becomes lower because (he reservoir which empties during the day has to be filled at. iii/'ht. In; si met i''ns i!-e, however, now issued to begin tilling a little later (ban 19 p.m. Mr ('. -, ! ‘Nic-.!l. who has charge at the Maori Hill reservoir, is there all night, and on an emergence may be communicated with hv ringing No. 9,122 s E.F.]