RAIN WANTED

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10476, 5 January 1928, Page 4

RAIN WANTED

AUCKLAND CITY RESERVOIRS HALF EMPTY

(Special‘to the Times.l AUCKLAND. Jan. 4.

The city reservoirs are now half empty, recent showers not having affected the positiort. In all about two months’ supply remains in the dams, and the authorities are. anxiously awaiting rain. For a hundred i lavs there has not been sufficient rain in the hills one day to meet • he day’s demand. The average holding in the dams is usually about 000,000 gallons but this has now been reduced to some 475,000.000 gallons and the city is using some 9,250.000 gallons daily. Of this about 2-250,000 gallons are drawn ' from running streams* and 1.175.000 gallons from western springs ’(situated :ii the city), the remainder coming from dams. The waterworks committee of the council has decided to ask local bodies to join with the council Ihe committee has also decided to visit the dams, so all ought to be "-on. .«

ONLY SIXTY DAYS’ SUPPLY IN HAND.

AT CKLAND. Jan. 4. An emergency meeting of the Auckland City Water Committee is icing held this afternoon to discuss the shortage in the water .supply, vvliic-h owing to the dry summer will be extremely serious if rain does.not fall in the Waitalcere- ranges, for ih -mother three months the'dams will be dry at the existing consumption, lhere is just enough water to satisfv ihe pub lie’s demands for about sixty davs.— P.A. >