Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-12-15
ENGINEERS REPORT NO. 2
WATER COMMITTEE SECURES AD-
OPTIONAL STATISTICS.

Mr.. Brainerd hecon''"o"uS
Branch of milestone as Most Avail
able source-says Sanitary condi'
ton Of Present Supply Is Menace
Thore have been few changes during
the mast week in the water situation
and the outcome of the special viiingo
meeting. which will be held MONDAY
evening in Festival hall ut I:3o, IL sun
In donbt There seems to be growing
sentiment. however, in favor OF treat
mo with the owners of the chestnut
U;n system rather than to establish an
INDEPENDENT plant, and the idea Oh
having n court commission determine
,ha valne of Mr.. Crowell's holdings
meets with approval in many quarters
During the week the water comml.
toe has received report from Ehgi'
neer ". II. Brainerd of Palmer, MISS,
who recently inspected the various
sonrces named in the Davis report. MI
Rrainerd' 3 statements are interesting
and should be read carefully. his re-
mort in full follows:
To the Committee on Watei S"PP'''
tleboro Vermont
In compliance with your request nave eA'
amined the report of your engineers, Messrs'
N q T. r. Davis. and have made per.
sonaI inspection Of the various sources OF
water supply mentioned in their report
have also made a superficial examination Oh
yorr present system to ascertain approx
mateIy its value to the village II used IN con.
nection with one of the sources OF supply
now under consideration.
nh 6rst ouestion to be determined In es.
,;mat;ng water supply is the quantity oil
water that will meet the present requirement
and the probable increase IN cohsunp''on ~
the future, say for 80 years, FROM 'he pes'
information that | have been aDie 10 op'a mn
:, wonId appear that there were about o,ooo
o,,Ia in Tho village to be supplied other than
those now furnished by private aqueduc's.
Tbese priyate supplies are from springs Oh
avcsIlent quality and will undoubtedly be
usod until the growth of the village con
tam;pates their sources. 1t is reasonable 10
assume that the increase in population VIII
he Mt the rate of 90 per cent In ~ years o ",
,bot Mt the expiration of 80 years there WIZ
he about 10000 people to be supplied with
water. Estimating daily consumption oil
100 gallons per capita it would require
SIMPLY capable of furnishing one million gar
Ions daily.
In regard to your present supply l nave
been unable to gain sufficient information ~, "
make A detailed report of its value. Inc
,ro,;ty sources are certainly insufficient and
in their present sanitary conditions are
MANAGE to the health of the consumers. Inc
RUNNING plant on West river should be du
nl;cated to insure a sufficient supply IN case
of accident, and / believe that II you are 70
continue to use your present supply hilra
tion plant should be installed While YOU
sources of gravity supply could be cleaned
nm and the Objectionable features largely re
moved, West river receives the drainage VI
several hamlets. The water shed is so large
il would be impracticable to remove these
sources of contamination, and whlle the wa
tor NAV at times sustain an excellent anaiy
s;s at other times it must carry in suspen
sion fecal matter in sufficient quantities u
ardanper the lives of the consumers
Mr.. Davis has given you an estimate o.
the cost of duplicating this system II you
contemplate introducing an up-to-date sup
nlv. in my Judgment the value of this sys
tenn to the village is far below It's cost o.
installation for these reasons, VIZ. th'
ouality of the water is unsatisfactory I'M
gravity sources are inadequate; the head II
insufficient for proper fire protection IN
distributing mains are too small anu proo
ably are not heavy enough to sustain I'M
reuired pressure. An unnecessary duplica
ton of public utilities is always regre',ao,e
Init in this case if the village owned TN
present system it would only be wise to util
ize such parts Of it in the new constructor
az would not reduce the efficiency OF the new
system when completed. !.
submit the following approximate esti
mate of cost of establishing pumping plan
on West river, a short distance above you
present station, to pump at the rate OF on
million gallons per day to a reservoir TO
constructed at elevation of 600 upon the hlg
ground north of your present reservoir ans
for the construction of filter plant near I'M
new reservoir and the cost of operating tn
same.
Pumping Plant.
Pumping station, including intake
and head house, Slooo
Two one million gallon pumps in place a'oo
Three 125horse power boilers, with
connections, two of which would
be required to do the work, 4'oo
Three million gallon reservoir, near
sItsr liant 600
IN sso feat 10 in. main. 1884
s4384
Aaa IN nov cant for contingencies ABB
$47,67
Filter Plant.
The filter beds should be made IN thre
se1tions. Each section should contain abou
1860 square feet or in all about Il acre
Two of these sections would be worKin
while the other was being scraped. I'M
would allow filtration at the rate OF thre
million gallons per acre per day.
Onehalf acre covered sand beds,
complete, Poo'o 90
Covered filtered water-basin, o'oo
Bypass, pipe, connections, valves,
ETC., -
1000 feet 16 in. pipe from filter
plant to village, lo,fO