PUMPING FIGURES.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20202, 12 January 1934, Page 7

PUMPING FIGURES.

An Infallible Guide to Weather. GARDENERS RESPONSIBLE. An infallible guide to the Aveather over any period is to be found in the figures from the pumping stations. Immediately a warm spell of weather occurs suburban gardeners run to their hoses, with the result that the demands on the pumping plant increase by anything up to 2,000,000 gallons or more. Taking the daily totals for December last and the first few days of January, the state of the weather is clearly defined. Over the early part of the month, and up to< December 16, with the exception of one day, the consumption showed a daily increase on the figures for the previous year up to as much as 1,767,100 gallons on December 6, the warmest day for the week from December 3 to December 9. From December 17 onwards, right to the end of the first week in January, when campers will tell you expressively about the tricks of the weather, there was a decline in consumption in comparison with the previous year by as much as 1,662,400 gallons. That figure was recorded on December 19, the third day of the wettish weather which had set in for Christmas and New Year. On Christmas Day the consumption dropped by 399,700 gallons and on New Year’s Day by 455,000 gallons. On only two days for the period December 17 to January 7 was there an increase shown, the days being December 23 and 27. when the outlook was more hopeful for picnickers and campers. A few "figures are illuminating. Figures for December. The increases in the early part of

It is interesting to note that the average quantity of water which could be pumped on a daily basis is 9,478,500 gallons. The total gallons pumped in 1932-33 was 1,326,603,000. The average amount pumped per day was 3,634,529 gallons and the highest consumption per day up to March 31 was 5,230,500, a figure which was exceeded on December 5. when the consumption was 5,491,000.

December were:— Dec. 1932 1933 Increase. 1 3.844,400 4,268,500 784,100 4.237,100 4,562,300 325,200 3 3,897,500 4,694,800 797,000 4 3.539,700 5,029,500 1,489,800 5 3.933,200 5,491,000 1,557,800 6 3,540,400 5,307,500 1,767,100 7 3,364,400 4,831,700 1,467,300 8 3,523,500 4,360,800 837,300 9 3,500,400 5,134,500 1.634,100 10 3,666,000 3,938,000 272,000 11 3,146,100 3,689,500 543,400 12 3,759,500 3,615,500 (144,000)* 13 3,735,000 3.846,000 111,000 14 3,766,000 4,163,800 397,800 15 3,792,900 4,632,000 839.100 16 4,101,100 4,355,000 253,900 ♦Decrease. The decrease in the latter portion of the month were:— Dee. 1 932 1933 Decrease. 17 4,970,400 3,376,700 1,593,700 18 4,463,100 3,583,100 880,000 19 5,209,900 3,547,500 1,662,400 20 4,493,100 3,541,500 951,600 21 4,330,500 3,713,000 617,500 22 4.225,500 4,035,500 190,000 23 3.964,400 4,332,700 (368,300)* 24 3,560,000 3,153,800 406,200 25 3,496,100 3,096,400 399,700 26 3,305,700 3,079,600 226,100 27 3,266,700 3,418,400 (151,700)* 28 3,760.100 3,278,800 481,300 29 3,608,500 3,130,300 478,200 30 3,883,500 3,273,500 610,000 31 3,849,700 3,116,700 733,000 ♦Increases in each case. In 3 anuary the decrease continued. Jan. 1933 1934 Decrease. 1 3,483,000 3,028,000 455,000 2 3,576,300 3,274,700 301,600 3 3,518,000 3,326,600 191,400 4 3,501,900 3,262,000 239,900 5 3,521,100 3,286,400 234,700 6 3,585,900 3,238,100 347,800 7 3,759,500 3,047,000 712,500