mately 187,000 gallons.
This reservoir permitted accumulation of sur-
plus production prior to the peak and provided the balance of supply
required for handling the surcharge upon the system created by the
excessive population load,
At Eniwetok, a battery of four 1000 barrel
steel tanks procured fram surplus military supply at Pearl Harbor was
installed,
Thus, a temporary situation was met by an expediency re-
quiring a minimum expenditure of funds, the basic systems remaining
sufficient and adequate for all normal operation, and total costs kept
consistent with these overall requirements.
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