New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-03
WASTE WATER METERS.
THE LIVERPOOL SYSTEM - COMMISSIONER CAMP
BELLS sTATEMESTs-yALUE OF THE DEACON
METERS,

THE LIVERPOOL SYSTEM - COMMISSIONER CAMP
BELLS srATEMESTs-yALUE OF THE DEACON
METERS
TO ne Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: A gentleman, who is familiar with the
waste water meter system in Liverpool, remarks IN
reference 10 the statements of Mr.. Campbe, Chief Eng
peer of the Department OF Public Works, in THE TRIBUNE
Of Feb l. that instead Of Liverpool having
been FIRST provided with an intermittent water
supply it had in the first place. and Tor loDS
pcriod Il constant supply extending over 60 square
miles, which from wastage reduced 10 an lnteTit-
supply of - hours per day. and then fell To hours
per day The application Of the Deacon system restored
constant service at pressure Of about 80 pounds 10
the square inch The Deacon meters are costly but rs
district after district is brought under control each me-
ter will ultimately serve for about 5000 people
Its instructive to remember that the Yarrow Valley
near Riyugton turned into reservoir at eos' OF
100000 IN the vain hope of avertng lie impending
intermittent supply in Liverpool. The new reservoir
gave an additional 3O00O000O gallons Of water per an
nun 70 tic city The Deacon system while, of course.
supplying no new water, actually saved wastaSe OF
over 900 100000 gallons per annum and at 0ue-tenth
OF the cost OF the reservoir Liverpool more
than three The water for From 1858 to 1873
the most careful and systematic honSc-tOaonsc nslec
lions were made in Liverpool prevent the waste Of
water but they entirely failed all such plans mist do
from their nature, besides entanG heavy expense Oh
the city.
As TO the Deacon meter IL is not true that there any
system OF leverage about it, the pressure of water due
to any certain velocity is received on disk and auto
motically recorded diagram, which distinguishes
between water used ANA water wasted ana records tIc
times Of inspectors visits. the acts they have performed
and the exact'sayng Of water resulting thcrefrom also
tbr entire amount water used and wasted III any s
tric IL abolishcs the for private residences OF IN
teerating meters, and does away WIN the Needless f
tang and annoying method OF h0useO-hOuse Inspection
In Is true that outside stOpcOcks are required TOT te
Deacon system. These. however, should be sipped I'd
auv event ard In Liverpool their entire cost, lncuQng
snnny will form the pat OF the cost OF applying
the Deacon sy The cost OF inspection nter Is
trfing for inspections are only made IN the districts
by the meter diagrams torequlre H. ah no mouse
visits al made until after night inspectoniwlch Win
the meter, exactly locates the laity houses
Whatever the expense, however, II Is clear that some
nau must he devised to stop the waste OF water III
waste is 10 continue, building new reservoirs VIII merely
an Intermittent supply with all Its lncOnVenlehces
and all its dangers to health The present waste IS fright
fuI Mains or fittings IN the porous soil OF the lower part
of New-York may easily leak 10 hundred gallons per
minute from single fault, without giving the fIlntest
evidence under the present system, wnhe III the
upper part NewYok rock assures may and DO receive
flaw IL in salcer-lkC rcccptacics under
giound to generate dphthcra and rheumatic fcyers;
IN. DeaC is acknowledged by engineers abroad
10 be the only applicable one which will discover and
locate all these faults so that they may DC reinced Gs
which Nh Campbell speaks OF existing IN hewiOrk,
and many other difficulties besides It's chief engineer
n portcd that he could not adopt the SYSTEM bGt
Mr. Camubell will find that 10000 Inhabitants III GAS
gov are to-day under the Deacon water system WIN
most satisfactory results The same tlng might DC sad
of other towns in Great Britain, ana II Is asserted tha
thorouch animation viii show the adapaDlHy OF the
system In NewYOl by the exercise OF professional sK
which Mr.. Campbell is too good an engineer not 10 De
able to display. D. D.
Ner- York, Feb, !, 1877