Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation.

  • Durban (South Africa). Public Health Department
Date:
[1929]
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Credit: Medical Officer's annual report [to] Durban Corporation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    -27- (7) I AT E R SUPPLY. (By Courtesy of the Borough Water Engineer). sfiBBGE : . The catchment area draining to the storage reserv?ir at Camperdown is 172 square miles in extent. An additional catchment of 13b square miles drains to the new storage reservoir at Shongweni. A further area of 33 square miles drains to the Intake, making fl# n egate of 345 square miles. The total acreage* within the catchment area owned by the Corporation is 10,527. £fi£SIBIIJII]^QILPOLLUnQ!h_I?i CATCHMT AREA : The supply in the rivsr and tributaries from such an extensive catchment area is of course subject to pollution, but almost all the human habitations are situated, at such distances from streams as renders them innocuous, fhe Corporation is empowered by the Durban Waterworks Consolidation Act No. 24 of 1921 to take drastic measures if necessary to prevent serious contamination. 'smm fo! lows • The total reservoir capacity is made up as Storage. Reservoirs. Original Capacity Million Gallons Present. Capacity Million Gallons. Shongweni. Camperdown. Clear Water, Umlaas 2,600 604 100 3,304 Service 2,600 177 100 2,877 Reservoirs, ill