, 1881-08-21
LIVERPOOi'S WATER.

Al, Account Of the Vast System That a
Great CI:y Is Building to Meet Future
Wants.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. S.-Liverpool is growing
RAPIDLY, the increase Of the population ana
the extent OF the town ontstripplnG all estt
mates Of twenty, or even ten, years ago. at
present the town is supplied by what is called
the Riyington Water-Works. The colstruc-
tlon Of these works occupied eight years, and
cost 600 900, or $500, GOO. The scheme e'll-
braces seven reservoirs, which catch the
water from 10000 acres Of moorlal1d lying to
the east Of the towns Of Bolton aud Chorley.
The highest Of these reservoirs was not 4
part Of the original scheme, but was forced
,11,on the corporation by the Government to
pacify the mill-owners of the district, VINO
dreaded injury from the interceptlng OF the
in lSG3 The supply TO the town from all
sources was OIL All average 100,000,0 600 gallons
!, week, while 5O,0UO,C ,COU was given away us
compensation. Tho demand, however, began to
Euin OIL the supply. Various projects were put
forward 10 bring water from tho English or
Welsh lakes. Liverpool w,s anxious not I" nc
outdonc BY her Scnlch rival, GlnsEow, which i'll
1859 had boldly tapped Loctl katrine. Mt an cx-
pensc OF s3.5uj,0oO, to obtain daily supply Of
:l,OV,0N gallons. After years OF discussion nj it
was resolved to construct Il new a1ueduct- inc
total length Of this nqueduct, from IT'S COM
1nerlcemcnt, six miles south of Bnla Lake, to
prescot, near LIVERPOOL. will be si%ty-seven
miles. Tho valley is about .sO feet above tho
sea level. At its uurrowGst part, where It Is
bankmenr .cighty-tou feet high above .,,
the ground level VIZ oG re. eresied: 3D.. Inis !ns
further artiticial Enclosure. will. with the nat
ural SIDES Of the valley, form Il luke nearly five
Tint is, there will be created M artificial lake
large us Bula. The cnbankMcnt will he OF
solid musonry. the excavations will be Carried
feet, the length Of the tunnel from tho River
Mnrch11unt will be mile and half, and that
from, the River Cowny It mile and II quarter in
length THESE tunnels arc constructed with a q
view to the future rather than the present. 1t
is intended primarily to collect the water from
tho 17.5S3 acres which naturally drain into the
Vyrnwy, hut the town increases IN populh-
tion tho two streams will be diverted into the
lake, giving an additional drainage area OF
The Hivington watcr IS somewhat tliscolored,
especially after r7ln. This color arises from the
moorland whence 1t is derived: The VyEnwy
water comes from district Ut siiurian SOIL and
is very pure. There is no district i'll Great Brit
ain 50 thinly populated rs this part of Wales.
There are mines or manufactures
The auucduet will commence by a tunnel seven
feet in diameter, and two anu huff miles long,
which will terminate IN Il cast-iron pipe Of forty
two inches intcrnnl diameter. Tunnels. where
tho ground permits, alternate with pipes. whlch
are necessary where yneys have to be crossed.
There Will be only one raised atlieduct. He,
lcving tanks will he erected ut Intervals and
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The estimated expenditure on tho works IN
their complete form is Sl5,0iO000, and It is an.
ticipated that tho first section Of tho works WI
be so far completed in 1875 as TO allow tho water
to be delivered into Liverpool
When the whole scheme is finished liverpool
will have IN available supply OF &, 0O0U0O gal
lon. per day. The present consumption Is l2u,-
OuUND per week, SO that there is Il wide margin
Tor future requirements. Tho present porula-
tion OF the town is S00,O00. The resources ct tho
Vyrnwy are ample for population OF 2:ao 0oo.
The total storage capacity of the lake IS lt'VJ'-
0UU,0O0 gallons.
The Liverpool corporation has agreed to sup
My water to tho Towns of st. Icfens. NIGncs,
Warrington, ano Oswcstry us soon as the Vyrn-
wy water reaches Liverpool.
From the time when the Tivington scheme
was planned to the commencement of the
vyrnwy works, Liverpool has doubled In popu-
lntiou. Since the Cruton works were deter
mined on. in lS>', New York has increased from
10000 to 1,.U6.U0O inhabitants Or nearly tivcfod,
and the Commissioner of Public Works assures
us that before any additional supply cnn posi-
BIZ be furnished the city will have outgrown The
capacities of its present supply.