Evening Post 25 Jan 1905

The city engineer has laid a scheme before the council for improving the water supply at a cost not yet made public, but estimated at £150,000 to £200,000. This is due to the enlargement of the city boundaries and the taking in of populations at considerable heights on the hills. He proposes new reservoirs at Wainuiomata and Karori, to hold 150,000,000 gal., which, with the present storage, will provide a population of 75,000 with 60 gal per head per day for 144 days. For the high districts pumping stations are to be provided. A number of new mains of various sizes are proposed, running out as far as Island Bay.