Supply
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Doubled Water Supply For Suva
PROBLEMS arising out of an inadequate water supply, caused by the rapidity with which Suva’s population has grown to 40,000 and beyond, should be solved in mid-1958 with the completion of a supplementary supply scheme, under which more water will come in from the Wailoku area.
The work, which will cost at least £1,000,000, began in 1953, and is in three sections—construction of an additional section of the Savura Road to give access to the works, four miles in from the pre-l sent pumping station at Wailoku; construction of an intake some 500 feet above sea-level, in the valley of the Savura Creek; and roads and mains to bring the new water to the pumping station, and on to treatment works near the Tamavua reservoir.
When the works are completed, Suva will have a minimum supply of about 6,000,000 gallons per day, compared with the present supply of about half that quantity.
Mrs. Doreen McKillop models a frock a part of the Port Moresby fashion show bet in the Hotel Papua in November. The show was to raise funds for a pre-school play centre at Konedobu.
Photo: Papuan Prints