The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-17
been obtained with fair degree of ac.
curacy. the results being shown below:


ITO this amount must be added the
water used in three market houses, U
Street pumping station. ten police stations
end Police Court, twenty engine and truck
houses, District of Columbia stables. Jail.
wtrkhouse, and almshouse industrial Home
Scnool, Reform School for Girls. and by
contractors doing work for the District of
Columbia.
Careful estimates indicate these uses
: as amounting to 239. 800 gallons per day, a
Total OF 2,OoS,6S2 gallons per day for all
municipal purposes, corresponding to a
daily per capita OF ~ gallons for each
inhabltant of the District of Columbia
The water used in the parks and icser-
vations would, in most cities. very prop
eriy be charged to municipal consumption.
but in the District of Columbia these pub
lie spaces are entirely under the control of
the United States authorities and are,
therefore, out of the Jurisdiction OF the
municipal authorities of the District of
Columbia
From January ! to May 4, 1900. meter
readings were taken on 50 of the public
school buildings in the District OF Co
lumbia, and some interesting statistics
were obtained therefrom. The total num-
Der of pupils in these schools was 3S, 5S7
Forty OF the buildings were equipped with
dry closets and AZ with water closets The
the former case was 81 gallons; the maxi
mum 32.2 gallons, and the minimum OIL
gallon; in the latter case the figures were
30, AL, and GA gallons, respectively.
Leaks From Defective Fixtures.
During the year a rigid inspection wa.
made for the proposed detecting and class
flying leaks due to defective fixtures The
results are shown in the appended state
ment: Total number OF premises inspected,
los, 1864: total nm1lafr of premises in which
leaks were fosnd, t1.452; total number of
leaking fixtures III one complete round of
the District of Columbia, II SCI Number
of leaking fixtures of each class found in
one complete round of the District: Hy-
drants, 1913; closets, AIS; faucets, 1927;
total, 1854.
In addition, al! public hydrants and
fire plugs in the District were inspected
and the amount of leakage in each case
determined. The result of this inspection
is as follows:
To.al number OF public hydrants in USE. a33
Number found leaking on inspection. -
Average amount of leakage (salions) per
Total OF leakage (gallons) .........lS.S1 500
Total number OF fire ildrant= in usc........ sJ5
Number found leaking on inspection. %
Average amount OF leakage tgnllons) per
-
total amount OF leakage gallons .......... 1919
For several weeks past measurements
have been made with a view to determin-
ing the average amount Of leakage from
hydrants, closets. and faucets on private
premises. From the data available the
leakage was found TO average as fol-
lows: Hydrants 1905 gallons per TWEEN
ty-four hours; closets, LIS per twenty
four hours; faucets. 76.9 per twenty-four
hours.
Applying these figures to the number
of leaking fixtures of each class found in
one complete round in the District of Co
lumbia. the total amount of leakage from
defective fixtures on private premises is
found TO be 9i47. CTS gallons per twenty
four hours. To this must be added % 55S
gallons per day due to leakage from pub
lie hydrants and fire plugs, giving total
OF 8 172, $50 gallons due to waste from de-
fectiye fixtures. This corresponds to an
average daily per capita of 32.9 gallons
for each person in the District of Column
bia. and. II charged for at the very mod
crate meter rate Of cents per 1000 gall