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STATES MINUTES 15t h September, 1989 P r ic e : 50p
T HE STATES assembled on Friday,
15th September, 1989 at 9.30 a.m. under the Presidency of the Deputy Bailiff ,
V e rnon Amy Tomes, Esquire.
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All Members were present with the exception of -
S enator Pierre François Horsfall -
a bsent.
J ohn Pepin Le Sueur , Connétable of
S t. John - out of the Island.
I ris Medora Le Feuvre, Connétable of
S t. Lawrence - out of the Island.
S nowdon George Robins, Connétable of S t. Saviour - ill.
R ichard Winter Le Sauteur, Connétable
o f Grouville - absent.
E dgar John Becquet, Deputy of
T rinity - out of the Island.
H endricus Adolphus Vandervliet, Deputy
o f St. Lawrence - out of the Island.
C arlyle John Le Herissier Hinault,
D eputy of St. John - ill.
T homas John du Feu, Deputy of St.
P eter - out of the Island.
H enri Leon Dubras, Deputy of St.
M artin - out of the Island.
C ynthia Miriam Rumboll, Deputy of St. H elier - out of the Island.
P ercy John Le Masurier, Deputy of St.
O uen - out of the Island.
P atricia Ann Bailhache , Deputy of St.
H elier - out of the Island.
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P r aye rs
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Extension and continuance of State of Emergency.
The Deputy Bailiff informed the House that the Lieutenant-Governor had issued the following -
CONTINUANCE OF STATE OF EMERGENCY
W HEREAS on the fifteenth day of August I declared a State of Emergency
e xisted;
A ND WHEREAS I am satisfied that the e vents which caused me to issue that
d eclaration continue to exist;
N OW therefore, in pursuance of the
E mergency Powers (Jersey) Law, 1964, I h ereby declare the said State of
E mergency to be extended and
c ontinued.
D ated this twelfth day of September, O ne thousand nine hundred and eighty- n ine.
W . P IL L AR
Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey''.
Water situation in Jersey. Statement.
The President of the Public Works Committee made a statement in the following terms -
The dry weather of May, June and
J uly has continued throughout August a nd the first half of September. In
t he past 30 days since the first State
o f Emergency was declared, until
9 a.m. yesterday the rainfall amounted t o an average of 4.2 millimetres. The
f orecast for the next two weeks is for
t he present weather pattern to
c ontinue, and the only precipitation
t o be in the form of thundery showers. L ooking further ahead, the likelihood i s that the weather pattern will
b ecome more changeable. There are,
h owever, no signs that any change will l ead to substantial rainfall. It has
t herefore been necessary to extend the S tate of Emergency for a further
p eriod.
T he Jersey New Waterworks
C ompany's reservoirs have 126 million g allons of water in store, and the
a verage loss of water in store during
t he last two weeks was 4.185 million
g allons. The average daily consumption b y consumers supplied by the
W aterworks Company was a little below 3 .2 million gallons per day. The s ituation is, for the present, under c ontrol.
I f the dry weather continues, then the n eed to introduce greater restrictions m ay arise, and I could then have to
r equest you, Sir, to seek His
E xcellency to extend the State of
E mergency once again.
I would like to bring to the attention
o f the House the truly remarkable co-
o peration of both residents and
v isitors in conforming to the spirit
o f the water restrictions which have
b een imposed. The situation is under c ontrol because of this co-operation,
a nd because of the voluntary economy s o many people have imposed upon
t hemselves.
I n conclusion, I must stress the need
t o maintain at least the present level
o f economy in water consumption. The v olume of water in store will, in a
m atter of days, have fallen below the
1 976 level.''
THE STATES rose at 9.40 a.m.
R .S . G RAY Deputy Greffier of the States.