EIGHT-FOOT FALL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 15

EIGHT-FOOT FALL

TE ARAI WATER LEVEL

ENGINEER’S .WARNING

A fall of Bft. in the level of water qt thy To, Arai reservoir, was reported by the borough engineer,.- Mr. E- ,R» Thomas, to-day, the engineer stating that the situation in regard to the water supply had now reached a critical stage. Mir. Thomas, who made flio statement prior to tho downpour this afternoon, poyited out that consumption at the present rate cannot continue without endangering the safety of the to\vfi, iu. ,case of an outbreak ot fire, arid lie appealed.Jo fill residents in the reticulated area to refrain from undue use of borough supply. “If all consumers meet the requests of trie council fairly, arid especially refrain from using garden hoses, it will be possible, to carry the load oyer the Holiday period, after which it is proposed '.to. commence pqmping water from the Mhngapoike bStrearii, into the Tc Arai reservoir catchment' area, said Mr Thomas. ' “Those who use tho water through garden hoses now are taking an unfair advantage of their townsmen, arid are helping to make the Situation •regarding fire-fighting pressure more critical than it need- be. In a day or two, the closing down of some industrial plants for the holiday period will relieve the demand to a qqrtain extent, and with thM relief, and reasonable use only of the borough water by private consumers, we can avpitf the commencement of the pumping at Mangapoiko until after the New Year,” The engineer added that steps were being taken to enforce the prohibition announced by the council, in regard to the use of gartleii hoses; arid that the council would press for a substantial penalty in cases where offonces against the temporary regulation are proved.