Arizona republican., 1898-12-09
CITY WATER WORKS
Description of inc Proposed lm-
 proVemenf in inc System.

The extensive improvement Whlch the city council is agreed shall be made in the water works and sewerage system of the city will be placed before the people on January 12 for their ap- proval Although the call for the cleo rfon has not been advertised, Mayor l. c. Adams thinks that the election can be arranged to occur on the date named. It may be necessary, however to select a later day on account or the great amount of work which will have to be done in preparing for the elec- tion.
 The plans as submitted to the council hv MT. Ernest Abs-Hagen of Los An geles, are accompanied by speclncauonS and recommendations which are com plete to the minutest detail. The plan embraces every street contained within the city limits. The total area which is covered is 1,431 acres, but of this but .415 acres are occupied by the city proper at the present stage of it's growth. The present requirements of water mains contains seventeen miles of streets
 The plans are for the present re- ouirements. and the first and second extensions of the system. The first extension of the water system en- braces 3O3 acres of additional territory with ten miles of streets, and, when fully settled, will contain an approxi- mate population of 10000 people. The second extension embraces 703 acres, with an estimated population of 15,00O people of the future when water stor- age makes Phoenix the metropolis of the southwest The entire area of the projected system has 497 miles of streets, with an estimated population of 10000 people.
 Although it is not expected that Phoenix will become city of such i'm portance in a short time, yet the city council will put in pumps, power sta tions and reservoirs of sufficient ca pacity to meet the growth of the city for several years to come, and the sec ond and third extensions of the system will be taken care Of as they become necessary.
 The engineer in his report to the council says that the first factor in the designing of the water supply is to determine the quantity of water re- quired for It's present and prospective use, and which, while adapted to the supply for the present will permit of a future expansion without any loss in the first expenditure"
 MT Abs-Hagen places the average maximum consumption of water for domestic use in the city at the present time at 120,000 gallons per day, which will neceSSitate a continued supply of 167 cubic feet of water per minute. With the first extension PTS additional cubic feet will be required, and with the second extension 444 cubic feet more will be needed. Provision is made for water for fires, street sprinkling and flushing the sewers of the city m the estimates of consumption, making the combined demands upon the water system 3,950 gallons every minute of the day for the present re- quirements of the city The first ex- tension will require 5000 gallons ad- ditional, and the second extension 6,O5O gallons more
 It is proposed to go fifteen miles from the city for water, and the water will be secured by means of an inter- ceping well. The engineer says there is well defined plane of saturation in the valley beginning at an average