WHERE THE WATER GOES

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11423, 20 January 1923, Page 6

WHERE THE WATER GOES

“ HOSE PIPE ” CULPRITS MANY THOUSANDS OF GALLONS SAID TO BE WASTED. SHORTAGE AT KARORI. A “Times” reporter was yesterday informed that on Tuesday next there are 29 cases to come before the magistrate in which local people are being prosecuted for using water through a nose pipe without having a meter to register the water used for wliat are regarded as “extraordinary” purposes. There will be 30 more prosecutions of a similar character on the following Tuesday. In one case an inspector discovered water running from the premises at 4.30 a.m., and on investigation found that the hose had apparently been left running all night. The ground in front of the house was sodden with water, which was running to waste down the street channel. The by-laws forbid the use of water through a hose pipe or for trade purposes without a meter, and even where there is a meter those who improperly, unreasonably and wastefully use the water are liable to be prosecuted. Tire Mayor stated that the top reservoir at Karori is now empty, and the second one is now being drawn upon. The Wainui reservoir is full, and there is a good supply there, hut care is needed, for the rainfall this week is hardly appreciable. Wainui reservoir collects from 11 square miles, while Karori only collects from one square mile, and with the rainfall last winter only half what it should have been, the top reservoir was never filled up. It is in the evenings that there is a great deal of water used, and the result is that the pressure is kept so low that the Bell road reservoir is not filled up at nights, as it should be.