The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-11
A E KIEsLINd. 500 MAIN STREET LEADING DRUGGIST.

suspicious water. 0 1247 TO o PASS; Impure
water more than 0. 2407. Total combined
nitrogen. including that in the albuminoid
ammonia. under-PuTe and wholesome
water o.o230; disable water 9. 1852; suspi-
ciouG water, 0,1255 to o.2465; impure
water. more than .2691.
2. Oxygen absorbed by organic matter
WITHIN thirty minutes at 40 degrees
Fahrenheit. under--Pure and wholesome
water, Geese; disable water o 1900; sus
picious water o. 10 to o. Is; impure water,
more than o, 1900 Same, In fifteen min
utcs at 50 degrees Fahrenheit. under-Pure
and wholesome water, @ OPS: disable water,
COS 0; suspicious water 0.05 to o 10; Inn
nnrc water. more than o 1000. Same. In
nnder-Pure and wholesome water. 0.O5o0;
usable water, 0, 1900; suspicious water,
e.2 TO o.; impure water. more than
o Hardness. total under-Pure and
wholesome water. So degrees: disable
water. lib degrees, suspicious water,
over II degrees; impure water, more than
- . degrees. Hardness fixed. under-Pure
and wholesome water, 3 q degrees disable
water, > degrees; suspicious water. over
o. degrees impure water. more than 81
: PhoSphonc acid In phosphates. under
Pure and wholesome water. trace; usnble
water trace; suspicious water heavy
traces impure wafer. more than very
heavy races. Sulnhuric acid. in sulphates.
uuder-Pure ana wholesome water. ira &c:
nsnhl" water 10000; suspicious water,
]
= Heavy metals. under-Pure and
Wholesome water. none: disable water.
trace; suspicious winter. trace; Impure
WNtcr more than anv except iron
8 hydrogen sulphide in alkaline sui
pfideS-pure and wholesome water none;
usnhle water. none; SuSnici0us water, none;
impure water, moro thDn present.
10. Bacteria. per cubic centimeter MI
duell-pure and wholesome water 100 to
1000; disable water, 1000 10 10000; suspi-
cions water, 10000 to 100000; impure
water over 1901 coo
THE SOURCES OF SUPPLY.
The water works company has two
sources OF supply. viz: Buffalo bayou and
nrteslan water
These artesian wells presumably be-
long to the Atlantic and gulf coast re-
eion. 1t borders the Atlantic ocean and
Gulf of Mexico and extends from Long
Island TO Texas Along the Atlantic coast
It will average perhaps 100 miles In widta,
but along he gulf 1t broadeus out, extend
ing up the Mississippi Wiley as FAR as the
Ohio river and in Texas II has width OF
200 TO 500 miles The strata in which this
water Is found belongs 10 the cretactous
formation, ana dip toward the ocean ami
presumably have their lower uutcrop in he
deeper ocean many miles from shore, lheic
conuccuon with the ocean is indicated b.
the occurrence Of ocean springs ANA Dy the
eject Of tile tides upon the pressure ia
certain wells AT Pensacola Fla the
water level In wells located several feet
above The sea Level varies from six to ten
feet as a result OF tidal influence Cities
which get their supply from this formation
are savannah. Charleston, Jacksonville. St.
Augustine, Key West. Memphis and cal.
weston and Fort Worth IN 4 Nas. The nuu-
Der wells put down by the II uSton Water
Works company is hity ave, Some Of these
wells Tow freely Others ore Worked With
compressed air on the 'ohi- air litt pian
Ahr srlNY 0t pure WatHE from tIest wells
IS no present Not suf6cicut Iu oihor
words Dr. supply furnished Ie city Is safh
thrt turing pH1t ot usp daA ts. aftastIu
fHft5i is Shut OH uHi 0lNoI s. SEER iS pro-
tldpl AS shown ou the ACCOMPANYING
QraN ines q dam Is coastruc ed across Bnf-
falO bayou which causts the watrr to y rk
mp behind the dam q cert Ia ais stance This.
wafer Is iaeh tcd iuto the pump well from
Where it Is pumned Into the system as
The character OF the water held back
behind he dam Is such that / consideg
that Il IS contaminated with the discharge
or the tIeiner stree, sewer. ana during
heavy rains the Sabine street sanitary
sewer also discharges In the BAYOU Higher
up the stream the discharge from oil mills
and other factories contamin0tes lie water
kegardless OF these two sewers the use
OF inc water behind the dam should be
prohibited on account or the facility con-
strueiton o. the dam, for the reason shot
10 provisions were made to remore NE
bottom layers OF the water behind rho dana
the water being staenaut and Smelling
bad. These bottom LAYERS shodid De vast
ga periodically. bnt this Is at present an
impossihllitv on account az no slulces hav-
ing been built In the dam Hence the
grassy and hshv odnr of this water
II Is therefore necessary 10 obtain m
additional SIMPLY Of pure water
QUANTITY OF WATER REQUIRED.
The dinerent uses II water are divided
Into; 1. Domestic. Commercial g.
Public. l. Loss and waste Win An
unmetered supply the domestic consurpp.
ton may vary from ten gallons 10 22a rEl.
Ions per capita So
Ihe consumption for Commercial pse MAJ,
pe estimated az from i've TO thlrty.ave eai.
IONS per capita. The water used FOR pnh
nc use NAV be subdlvlded into: 1 Ptbite
ouiiulngs, schools, etc. p Street snrinklfne
= sewer nnshing water troughs and foun
1niks; y; tires. 6. Blowing on dead ends
& Miscellaneous, The quantity used 70
hre purposes will be treated in detau IN
another chapter N''e'' AZ
Loss ana Waste--As mneh a. 10 "a 400
ksiohs per capita per DAY have been yvos+ \
- IN some large Northern cities. ana tbero
- ~ every water works system a eertnt.
a,.nount OF loss BY water caused nv SSd
pumping, leaay mains waste Ia nravenf
freezing and wilifnl waste Hence a isrsa
percentage OF water recorded al the nnran |
ing station can not be accounted for Ths
water displaced by eTerv stroks q, ths
krmgSs sss a certain small percentage al /
ioNea ZOE SLID eoverno The onsntier
QuuQpeos daily nd ~, ~ .N1aNbtt1 1