Evening star., 1877-11-16
Our Water supply.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATER REGIS
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The report of Water Registrar Lubey of the
operations OF his department for the past
year is an interesting document. Under the
intelligent supervision of this officer the
water department is well and economically
managed. the report SHOWS a great amount
of work doIe The to,al length OF vat
mains in the District is shown To be los niles,
of which upwards OF miles was lad during
the year. There are 80 fire plugs in the Dis
trict, Of which SO new ones were ere ted
during the year. There are - hydra as In
the DlsIrict, Is OF which were erected during
the past year-one new fountain has Deen
erecled.
A BETTER WATER SUPPLY.
The three great MAINS which supply Wash
ingtOn aud Georgetown with water have
capacity To deliver 30, ,O0e coo g4llo1s ever p
hours. The two elites now consume daily
z, ,252 932 gallons against . OOO,O00 last year.
1t will thus be seen that not outstanding
the fact that the water takers nUIGber more
than ever before Il 600 Increase since last
year. there is less water used by nearly a
million and three quarter gallons daily man
was used in 1SI6. This economy is due to the
water resiarar Ess6insioa hs9 "a sne
supply OF water 10 each iEha that any
other city in the world, O55 gallons to each
as is shown by comparative table OF Eu-
ropean and oiher cities, and Yet there is a
very large per centage wasted in the work
shops OF the general government, public fOun-
tains, &c.
Regarding the diminishing supply OF
wafer In the hlgd grounds of the city, the
following is earnestly recommended by Col.
Lubey:-" PROBABLY the most perfect and
available system would be TO diyil lie the city
into high ard low service. All that part OF
the city bound 10y Boundary street and l.
street northwest, and 26th street and lst street
northwest, and all east of the Capitol be
supplied from reservoir built on the
heights cf the city, at an elevation not less
than Us feet above tide some where between
a ~ a
ty for 5O,00000 gallons of water, the same to
be fed by pumping engines supplied by a 80
lnch man, to run from the distributing res
ervoir through Georgetown, along Boundary
street, to point below the site of the reser-
vor. From the reservoir a number of large
mains TO radiate through the northwestern
part OF The city and around the high grounds
east OF the Capitol. This Is to be the high
service.
1.-The low service to be all that portion of
the city bounded by l. street north west, the
river, 26th street and LIST street north west TO
be fed by the present L, 80 and inch IN aims,
together with new 12-inch main running
nom Rock Creek, along Virginia avenue to
ID street south; thence along ID street to the
intersection of Pennsylvania avenue and sih
street easf. These, with at least six l2-iuch
mains, laid at equal distances, between
Rock Greek and 1th street east, and running
north and south would divide the supply,
equaliZe the distri button, and give sufficient
press ure on the mains for & n ample supply o
The very highest elevations of the city" The
approximate cost OF the above Is about
Sl,UO0,OC0.
THE MOST PROLIFIC SOURCE OF WASTE
l. IouNG TO be-lst. The tXtravagaut sc and
waste OF water in the departments of the
general government. 2i. FXtTava CANT use
and waste by ciJiZenS. 81. Toe waste by u se
of different patterns of closets SO connected
as TO allow continuous flow. !. Leaks in
mains and services. ). Leaks in fixtures in
residences caused either by accid snt or de-
fective plumbing
MISCELLANEOUS
The high service pump i'm Georgetown has
been run night and day, lifting 3Sl 81 J, 30
gallons. Total amount received during the
year from water rents, GeOrgetO VII, a noun
cd % S53.i.G0; 1l2 houses were cut of for
non pa ment and 80 turned ON again, leaving
% still off. The well-pumps OF the District
were turned over to the care of the water de-
paTtment in September Total number. 426.
The majority are In good repair, but macy
are too shallow, while others are too near
sewers not to be cODta m mated with the sew
age. During the year the total receipts from
all sources were slOj,. .22 70. Total expendi-
tuIes, $50 .3.}6.6S.