Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-07-10

ends in quick sand and has ~ feet Of
sand in the bottom of the wen.
Nos. to ~.
Eight wells due east from the main
pumping station, seven Of which are
inch wells and one s inch we'll.
Depth so feet. Average distance 20
water 16 feet. No appreciable sand
| found at the bottom of these wells.
| Measurements taken with pump not
working. Four wells equipped with
COOK strainers 10 feet in length.
-Four wells equipped with Cook strain
ors 20 feet in length,
No. 1S.
Deep well. Depth 10 feet. Size os
Nell ~ inches is feet inches to
tins wen. Measurement taken with
the pumps not working.
| NO. IL.
Open well. This well consists of d
series of small 3-inch wells SO feet
below the bottom of excavation.
Depth of this well % feet 6 inches.
Diameter of the well 10 feet. 16 feet
6 inches to water. This well wac be-
| ins pumped at the time measurement
was taken.
| NOTE:-The apparent discrc 59ncy
in the distance to water between weIl
| No and the other wells excepting
the open well, is accounted for by
! the fact that the measurement on
No. was made at the time the pump
vas working and the water drawn to
| its lowest level while the other wells
| excepting the open well, were meas
ured at the time the pump was not
| working on the individual well under
inspection.
The difference between the de pth of
the water of well No. and the other
wells excepting the open we'll. is the
| distance that the pump draws the
vater below its normal level.
| NOTE:-All of the ABOVE measure
ments were taken from a line equal
tS the surface of the pump house
floor and from the above figures II
feet and 3 inches should be deducted
being the distance from the level of
the pump house floor to the center OF
the cylinders.
Pumps,
Your commission found in opera
ton one Holly pump, size 13 a x24
inches double cylinder, capable of
lifting three million gallons of water
for "a hours; two other pumps, Que
electric and one steam each being
eapable of lifting one million five hun
dred thousand gallons for "a hours.
The electric pump, however, is not in
" orking order, but repairs are on
hand for placing the same in proper
condition. These two latter pun ps
are of no avail at this time beca use
the Holly pump is lifting all ef the
water available.
NOTE:--The Holly pump apuve re-
ferred to. was in May 1905 en-
lnrged in its cylinders from - 4 in.
to 13A in. Your commission believes
that the Holly pump now being oper-
ated is in good working order main
tanning a vacuum of from 10 feet 10
20 feet inches.
We call your attention to the fact
that 20 feet 6 inches of vacuum is
the maximum at which water can be
> lifted in this altitude.
Production of Water.
The following table of water pro-
duction for the past three years 5
submitted for your information:
May. 1907. Sl,S55,OOO gal. June
9O7. 36.6SS.40O gal.
May, 1908, S9,7636OO gal. June
1908. 44.9S9.2S5 gal.
May, 1909. S9,219675 gal June
1909, 42,SSS.145 gal.
In addition to the June. 1909, pro-
; duction should be added 2.551,04S
gallons because Of the following tig-
lures:
There was in the reservoir On June
= 1st, 1903, 2,722.3O9 gallons and N
June 2S, 1903. this quantity has been
Ireduced to III. .261 gallons, hence the
difference between these two had
been consumed during the month OF
$ June making the total consumption 't
T water during the month of June 1903
45,4S9193 gallons,
NOTE:-JThe only production ~
' water in excess of the ngures above
given was in September, 1908, during
the preparation for the Irrigation
congress at which time i6,2S4,59l
| gallons were lifted, the average va =
uum during said month of Septem3ei
was 20 feet
Vacuum,
: Average feet of vacuum required tI
e lift the water as shown In the pre-
ceding comparisons:
May 1907, 10 feet, June, 1907, II
feet.
May 1903, I6 feet, june, 1908, u
| feet.
May 1909, Il feet, June, 1903, i
feet 2-I0 inches.
Reservoir,
Size of reservoir, 20OXl50 feet, !.
. feet deep. Maximum capacity 3.515,
: I5S gallons. Capacity at i feet
l543,434 gallons.
We have asccgtained from reliable
data that this reservoir was cleaned
during the period extending from
y January 29, 1909, to February 3
1909, and so far as we are able e