Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-13
WATER FOR PEOPLE
 WHO LIVE ON THE HILLS
Interesting Report Submitted Board of Public Works Yesterday-Prepared by Ex-hayor Kiduff and City Engineer Cairns 90 How to Secure High Water Pressure Fully Explained.

utilize them so far as possible, both for high and low service. It is en- tirely feasible to do this, by connect ing them with separate districts of such size as they are capable of car ing for. These districts would be com paratveIy small in any case. An ad- ditional limitation will be found in the necessity of always maintaining a large reserve of storage for use in supplying the whole city in case of interruption of the Branch service.
 The best way of bringing down wat CT from the main reservoir for high service has required some study. At first is was proposed to run a suitable main from the main reservoir to the distributing reservoir, a distance of half q mile, and connect it with the existing 16 inch main extending from that point to the city. The objection to this course is that thea same main cannot be used simultaneously for both high and low service. If used for high service, the distributing res ervoir would be put out of service and as it has a considerable watershed of it's own, the total water supply of the city would be reduced to that extent. Also in case of emergency, with the whole city on East Mountain, there would be but one Is inch ma in through which the supply must come, and the necessarily high velocity would cause a great loss of head due to friction. A better plan seems to be to build new pipe line from the main reservoir. fol- lowing the highway and Dublin street into the city. Then under ordinary conditions all water on East, Mountain from both high and low reservoirs could be regularly used, supplying parts of both high and low service dis tricts. In case of emergency there would be two mains to bring water to the city, and a good pressure could be maintained. An additional good fea- ture of this latter plan is that it will provide a service main for long dis tance on Dublin street, where one has already been petitioned for.
 We therefore recommend that the first step toward securing q high ser vice water supply be to put the East Mountain system in first class condi- tion, to provide new pipe line. from the main reservoir to the city by way of Dublin street, and to use water from that source to as great an extent as may be found consistent with the pre- seryatjon at all times of storage re- serve large enough to insure against a water famine in the event of an in- teTTuption of the Litchfeld county sup ply.
 Pumping Water to High Service.
 As Y aEst Mountain can spare water for only small part of the high service, We have considered the best means for providing the main supply and con- clude that it will be necessary to in stall a pyhmpfngl station with duplicate machinery capable of raising at feast 100000 gallons in twenty-four hours from the low to the high service
 ~ The building should be so planned and arranged as to be capable of prop erly accommodating additional boilers and pumping engine SO as to increase the capacity of the plant to 5.OOO.L gallons in twenty-fo1lr hours. The lat ter quantity we find will probably be required for high service within twen- ty years. .A - .r
 Location of Pumping Station
 We recommend that the pumping plant be placed at about elevation 2sO At this elevation it will be able to take water from the low service at any time, even during the contemplated emergency when East Mountain is sup- plying the whole city. It should be To- cated on the southern edge of Water vile, at a point to which coal can be conveniently delivered either by team or trolley. and to which a branch line can be readily laid from the thirtyslx inch pipe line in Main street High Service Reservoir.
 We propose that reservoir be con- structed on Burnt hill, or some similar elevation, holding about 5,0OO,0O0 gal Ions. Such reservoir would tide over short Interruptions in pumping due to the: making of repairs and during the first years would enable the pumps to 'be shut down at night. This would very much reduce the labor cost.
 High Service Distribution System.
 On the map of the city referred to at the beginning of this report are shown the principal mains for the E. service distribution. The water is inton avenue at which point a branch leads to the west. Continuing down Dublin street to Silver street the main traverses the latter street to East Main street. thence to Niagara street, to Wolcott street. down Wolcott to South Oak street. and thence following South Oak and Oak streets it reaches the northeast part Of the city, supplying Round hill and part of Long hill. Thence through Farm. West Farm and Rock streets, it reaches Hill street and supplies Burnt hill. Thence through Grown, Bishop and Pine streets and the Boulevard, it reaches Columbia Heights Norwood. Cottage park and other districts From this point i+ fol- lows new streets to the pumping sta ton. which has not been exactly To- cated. The map also shows a rising main from the pumping station to a possible reservoir. on Hill street
 Another main line starts from Dub lin street and runs westerly through Washington street, South Main and Washington avenue to Town Plot.
 ... Need of Immediate Action.
 A house to house canvass recently made revealed the startling fact that more than 1000 people living in the higher parts of the city already find