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The high consumption of water for the year ending March 31st, 1929, was due to the prolonged frost which caused a large number of pipes to burst and the waste water was very considerable. The low consumption of water for the years 1931 to 1935 was due to cutting down the supply on account of drought. In 1934, from July 31st to November 5th, compensation water was reduced by half-a-million gallons a day. The supply of about 28 gallons per head for domestic purposes is considered ample to meet local needs. Mr H. Shortreed of the Leeds Corporation Waterworks Department, who has given much attention to the problem, regards 25 gallons per head per day of the population, can be looked upon as a fair average quantity and need not be exceeded if due attention be given to the prevention of waste. In many towns this amount is greatly exceeded. He concludes that "big consumptions were waste and not use." The consumption per head in the Huddersfield District of Supply is 27.97 gallons.
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