RESERVOIRS BENEFIT

Evening Star, Issue 21993, 1 April 1935, Page 11

RESERVOIRS BENEFIT

RAINFALL IMPROVES POSITION SOUTHERN STORAGE STILL SHORT The rain of the past week and lasi night has further improved the condition of the city’s water storage reservoirs. On Saturday morning the amount of stored water in all reservoirs was 123i--025.000 gallons, the gain for the preceding twenty-four hours being 699,000 gal. Ions; on Sunday morning it was 124,. 876.000 gallons, with a gam for the preceding twenty-four hours of 1,851,000 gallons; and this morning it was 126,206j000 gallons, the gain for the preceding twenty-four hours having been 1.330.000 gallons. The maximum capacity of the reservoirs is 148,800,000 gallons.

The Southern Reservoir, fed from th* Silverstreani, has caused the most anxiety during the past few months, but, though it is still short by . about 20,000,000 gallons of its maximum capacity, it has improved over the weekend. On Saturday this reservoir contained 36,200,000 gallons, and thi« morning it had 45,100.000 gallons. At S.o’colck yesterday the following rainfall was recorded for the previou* twenty-four hoursßoss Creek ;04in, Whare Flat, ,Q3iii, and Sullivan Han* .Ooin. The recordings this morning for the preceding twenty-four hours were: Ross Creek .03in, Whare Flat .OSiii, and Sullivan Dam .06ih.

The position of the water supply i« now better than it was at this time of the year in 1929, 1930, 1935, and 1934. but is hot as good as it was in 1931 and 1932.