RESERVOIR FOR HANMER
A 100,000-gallon reservoir is being built at Hanmer Springs by the Public Works Department to overcome the difficulty of the limited capacity of the filter used to clean water from the Rodgerson River, from which the supply for the hospital and town is drawn. The capacity of the filter is only 5000 gallons an hour, and the maximum demand is 8000 gallons an hour.. The reservoir is being constructed by the gunite method, by which the sides of an excavation are water-proofed by driving concrete into them by pressure. The surface is then finished with plaster. This method has been in common use in New Zealand only since the beginning of the war.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21093, 13 May 1943, Page 6
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116RESERVOIR FOR HANMER Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21093, 13 May 1943, Page 6
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