Fiji Town's Poor Water
p. 27 · Read in the full issue
Supply
AGITATION for a purer water supply for the town of Nausori, in Fiji, has been commenced.
The plea that has been made on be half of the Indian population—which re presents the largest part of the popula tion of Nausori —indicates that some thing should be done. The people now de pend on tanks and wells. During the drought seasons, when tanks are depleted, they get water from the Rewa River, which is impure. The wells also dry up, at times, and again recourse is had to the Rewa. In flood seasons, the water from the river comes pouring in and fouls the wells, and a sure foundation is laid for typhoid fever and similar diseases.
There is plenty of fresh water in the Rewa River. It should not be a difficult or expensive matter to take a supply of this water, through filters and purifiers, to the town. Such a system is followed in many places in the dryer regions of Australia.