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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 cities in the United States, which in the past have used consid­erably less storage capacity consumption than this amount shown here. Sow, it is also a good practice, from a technical stand­point, to theoretically compute the storage required to ade­quately treat and, if necessary, airate the water. This could in this case become less than shown here. I hare not oomputed any figures on that because it would take a considerable study, and which 1 hare not had the time to perform. However, this recommendation is made strictly for the purpose of providing for the people of this community sufficient and adequate storage to guarantee their minimum requirements for at least a 48-hour period should an emergency arise where the source of water would be entirely depleted or to a level that could not meet the re­quirements • And according to your figures during the period of time of which you testified, what period of time would the amount of storage now available cover? A. The storage available now—actually, if the continued consumption went through that period where the supply would be cut off—I mean the source of supply—the water which would be on hand would last not over a half a day at most, even if con­sumption were cut to the minimum* I have not prepared actual figures of just what it would amount to but it certainly would not last over half a day. That would create an emergency condi­tion which would require that everything except bare consumption be reduced.