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Water Supply Officials Are Not Alarmed
O FFICIALS of the Water Supply De
partment today stated that they
were not alarmed about water storages
for next summer, as they expected the
four reservoirs serving the metropoli
tan area to be replenished by rain be
fore the next hot soell.
They admitted that the present
shoirtage was 'serious, but said that it
was much too early to estimate .the
probable storages for next summer.
Last week there was some intake at
reservoirs serving Adelaide.:: largely
fromrn spring sources, but .the .water
level is still- falling. -
For Summer
Departmental engineers are explor
ing the possibilities of supplementalyi
water supplies, principally from bores.
Several of these put down in 1914 are
being examined, but they would. have'
to multiply their flow enormously. comn
pared with the 1914 output before they
could be :a appreciable factor in water
supply. The best of the bores-at
Glandore-produced in a summer only
about half one day's consumption in a
heat wave last summer.
The suggestion at a meeting of the
Prospect Council to tap the Murray
is unE ely to be entertained by the
department. To bring Murray Rivcr
water to Adelaide would be a very ex
pensive pumping scheme, and would
also mean treatment of the water be
fore it could be mixed with the reser
voir water because of --the saline con
tent of the Murray as far as Mannum.
S(Artesian bore supplies-Page 7)

Water for Summer
BORES NOW
IN USE
(Continued from Page 1)
Golf Clubs Aid(
Gardens
RENT SCHEME
A SUGGESTION that, to relieve the
serious position resulting from
the water. shortage, the ; Commissioner
of Public Woirks or .Engineer for Water
Supply should obtain the permission cf
all landholders withi artesian bores= on
the Adelaide' Plains to allow' the Gov
ernment to avail itself of their supplies
during the next few months, was. made
today by Mr. H. L. Rymili.
He said that .he was sure the Royal
Adelaide, Kooyonga,. and Glenielg Golf
Clubs would be pleased to agree : to
such a suggestion, provided -the Gov
ernment paid for the :power- and, wear
and tear, because their bores would re
main idle until Septerfiber o6 Octo
ber.
The two bores at Kooyonga each sup
plied 6,000 gallons an. hour day and
night, or 288,000 gallons in-: 24' hours;,
2,016.000 gallons a week, or 8,064;000
gallons a month. The cost of: raising
that quantity was only. a few pence a
1,000 gallons. . ' ".
EXPENSE NOT GREAT
The Government could afford to pay,
say,. 6d. a. 1,000 gallons: to the owners.
If its own bores, used' in 1914-15,. had
to be re-equipped with, pumps, that
would involte, a- greater expenditure.'
S"The only expense to be incurred
under the scheme 1 have 'suggested,"
Mr.. Rymill said, "`would be in' laying
piping to, the -inains, but as- the bores
at Kooyonga and many other .places
are close, -the cost: will not .-be great.
Market gardeners. may. require the' use
of ' their bores on certain .days, while
the dry weather continuies, but heavy
rains will - fall,- I" feel -certain,. before
August or September, :enabling the
reservoirs to be filled.
"In that event it will be much
cheaper 'to use the private bores than
to equip the: 61d ones. If no rain falls
before August the Goverinment could
re-equip its own bores to 'augment the
supply. The Gas Co.'s bore at -Osborn,
if idle. could also- be used" . -
Mr. Rymill added-that if no =rain fell
before next summer they Government
might be compelled =to take over all
private bores and rationi their supplies.

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