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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 in which there was & great depletion of water pressure. That could be caused by several things. When the restrictions were on, all parties that were using the water for Irrigation were required to Irrigate at the sane time, so that the water con­sumption at one period of the day became much greater tvion in any other period. That would have a tendency to lower the line pressure throughout the day. However, the rapid decrease in the water pressures, even so, showed that either lines were not properly looped wherein pressures could be equalised and carried from line to line, or there was not sufficient back-up pressure from the point of supply, from the reservoir into the lines, or ing that the mains carrj' an adequate supply of water from, the reservoir to the distribution point were inadequate in size. There could be a combination of all, and actually is a combina­tion of all. I have seen no stand pipes or elevated water towers where gravity equalising pressure could be obtained to elevate pressure throughout the system. I have seen none of those in existence, treasure could be obtained by booster pumps all along the lines, and I have n© knowledge how many they have or where they may be located but it is apparent from the reduced pressure that there was not adequate back pressure a 1 the line to force the water in a great enough velocity even if the pipe had been the proper sine. As we have no records in the Qiiy Hall of the actual layout of the water system, to my knowl­edge— there are some plans upstairs that carry portions of it, but not sufficient for us to have an accurate knowledge...the