The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-11-24
DROUGHT AFFECTS
WATER SUPPLY

CONSERVATION is felt by citizens liv-
ing in the area of the high-pressure
system at the just.issued order of the
Water Department, forbidding the use
of water for irrigating purposes until
further notice. Relief is not expected
until rain comes. The region In
which the irrigation is thus forbidden
is both sides of Nuuanu avenue and
mauka of School and Lusitana streets,
Thurston avenue, Lunalilo street, Ma
noa road. and including College HIS
and the Manoa tract.
owe hated to issue the order, said
Superintendent of Water Works Joseph
M. Little yesterday, "but we had to
do It. We have been hoping for rain,
hut II has not come. 1t has been a
long dry spell.
ssThere is no water at all "A reser'
voirs two and three, and very little IN
No. |. There was about five feet IN
No. ! this morning, but most OF that
had accumulated during the night, by
reason of this order prohibiting irriga-
tion. But even that isn't much, prob
ably not more than 100000 gallons,
and that much we pump out every day.
"'In reservoir No. 4, the Nuuanu
dam reservoir, there is very little eX-
cept below the outlet pipe, and that
we have been prohibited from using by
the Board of Health because of the
danger of it becoming contaminated by
running down the Nuuanu stream.
There are only four or five million gal
Ions there, anyway, L should say.
llTbo,a 10 water running down
through the pipeline from reservoir No.
all the time. of course, but not
enough to supply the needs if irriga-
ton Is permitted. There is enough TO
supply the needs for domestic purposes
aside from irrigation in the region
supplied from this source.
iThe Maliiki reservoir is entirely
empty. The supply from above, how
ever, is tolerably constant, and Is
enough to meet domestic needs.
s'In the Puunui region the pressure
Is so light that people are able to get
ycry little water in the daytime when
water is being used below. They can
only get il Mt night. But most of the
people up there are used to that now,
and have tanks, so MS to get supply
at night to last during the day.
"On the lower levels of the city,
where the artesian supply can reach,
there is no difficulty. 1t is simply a
matter of pumping. And while this is
expensive, it can be done, and is done
1t is the regions supplied by the high.
pressure system that are suffering, and
there can be no relief until we gel
rain.
Water consumers along the height'
and Manoa received instructions tina
they could irrigate from . to p. m
but promptly at 2 o'clock daily tn
water was shut off and irrigation wa
out of the question. That condition
arose two or three weegs ago. The
there was no water in the pipes dul
ing the early forenoon hours and
bath was out of the question. Ther
was no water during the early ever
ing. Many taxpayers were reduced ,
the extremity of requisitioning II
water caraffe from the refrigerator
fill the basins for plain face'was
both morning and evening. Household
ers remaining at home during the da
and feeling any real necessity Tor
bath, sent their servants around IL
neighborhood to borrow water fro
those fortunate enough to have vat
tanks on their premises.
Those who raise poultry, unless the
take time by the forelock and sto'
water, have not had enough water q
day long for their fowls to drink.
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