WATER A PENNY A GLASS
HAMILTON’S PLIGHT. EFFECT OF ARAPL’NI OPERATIONS. Auckland, Jan. 5. Owing to the great discolouration ol the Waikato river water, due to its impregnation with pumice as the result of Arapuni operations, spring water is beiug retailed in shops at a penny a glass. The long spell of dry weather has aggravated the situation as maar tanks holding a reserve supply have run dry and pure water is at a premium. The town water supply is so dirty that people are eschewing baths and as the river is unfit to swim iu there is a geueral rush to the lake, which is low and is also being well churned up. There is no tear of a shortage ol water, but municipal filters are ua able to cope with the great weight of impurities. Washing day is definitely off in Hamilton till the water clears. It is absolutely impossible to attempt to wash clothes in a tub of what looks like swamp water, so that until some effective step to im prove the supply ia taken the possibility of keeping really clean is remote.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 21, 6 January 1928, Page 6
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