NO SCARCITY OF WATER
ENGLISH POLICY SHOWING WORTH VAST INCREASE JN STORAGE. British Official Wireless. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Aug. 12. Despite the prolonged period of dry weather no water scarcity is anticipated in London and provincial towns and strictions are unlikely in London. Maintenance of supplies is assured owing to the development policy of the Metropolitan Water Board since the war and notably to the vast increase in storage afforded by a new reservoir near Staines; it has a capacity of 6,750,000,000 gallons. The board supplied water at an average of 280,770,000 gallons a day in 1931-31
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1933, Page 6
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98NO SCARCITY OF WATER Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1933, Page 6
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