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.am HOW IT HAS ARISEN. I | The serious shortage of water in Llan- elly which has compelled the Corporation J to take the drastic step of cutting off the .supply to the works is not difficult to explain. In the first place, the rainfall this year has been far below the average for the last 40 years. To be exact, be- j tween April andAugust only 13.32 inches have been registered, as compared with an average of 21.12 mchcs for the last 38 years. During that long period, only on two occasions has the rainfall been less than this year's, the total for 1887 being j 8.54 inches, and in 1896 it was 10.58 inches. In those years, however, the consump- tion by the works was not nearly what it is to-day, and the population has also largely increased The following figures tell their own tale:— Consumption in 1906 Consumption in 1919 1168 million gins 1637 million gins It becomes necessary to again appeal J to every householder to exercise tho greatest economy in the use of water. An 1 arrangement has been made by which the Rural Council supply about three-quar- i ters of a million gallons a day to help the situation. The consumption per head has already been reduced to 30 gallons per head, but 20 gallons should be ample. Every gallon per head saved represents a total of 50,000 gallons per day. The con- sumption at Cardiff is less than 20 gal- lons per head. Why then, should Llan- elly householders consume 30 gallons in this time of shortage ?

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