The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-18
Consumers Are Now ein
supplied with chemie
lY Pure Water
FREE FRoM 20. Sc q
Extensive improvements 6
Water Works System
also Completed

pumping station was piaeed "a On
alton Tpesda9 and clear pure q
tered water Is now being supp
continuously to the city. The pltt
I is part Of the ektensiVe Inprof
msnts which have been made q ne.
city water works under the bond
sue two years ago and the loll6i
ing description OF them ll g ri
interest to many citizens
These improvements COMP elle
following:
Il. Two settling and coas3latiis
basins
.. A mechanical filtration plaTts
3. New boilers and pumpinG
machinery.
1. improvements to the pumpile
station.
) "A distributing reservoir.
8. New force main to the city
with connection. to the reservoir
. Reinforcement OF the dIslrfs
button System
s. An additional storage damon
the river.
Settling and CoaRnlatlng 5asis.
The settling and coagulating ba-
sins are located on a plot OF ground
purchased for the purpose. short
distance from, the pumping statlon
and at slightly higher elsva ion -
that the settled water flows from
them by gravity to the hltratiop
plant There are two basins, each
30 feet wide bS 90 feet long tft1
an average depth Of about xt9e
feet and their combined pacity g
s 90 900 gallons. which allows q sed-
imentation period OF about dto
hours when the plant Is operating
at it's nominal capacity
The basins are constructed en-
tiereiy OF reinfoced concrete which
makes them Practically permanent
structures. The piping connections
are arranged to permit the use Of
either or both basis as required. 50
that one basin may be emptied and
while the other remains In
service and all valves for conToll-
ing the how OF water to and from
the basins are housed in a small
gate ho0se at one corner
To facilitate cleaning, the hocr OF
each section is Aloped toward a Gene
tral gutter which in turn connects
with 8 sewer Leading to the nearby
stream and IRE hydrant has been
installed near the basins to furnish
water when needed TO gush ont the
mud deposited from the raw water.
Bame walls extend nearly the whole
length OF each basin so that the en-
tire capacity IL brought into u5e IA
settling the waiter
The cost of the settling and coaR-
Mating basins with piping cOpnec-
tions and land was about $4,000.
The arrangement 50 such however
that additional basins may be cone
structed of the same capacity with-
out and additional land or piping
Mechanical FiItT5.tIon PIant.
The fltration plant Is OF the
type and is similar in an
respects to the large plants now in
successful operation at CincinnatIs
o.. Louisville. Ky. and New Orleans,
La, purifying the very muddy wa
ters Of the Ohio and mississippi
rivers The distinctive feature or
LHaS IyPS OIL pant 10 Inc employs leuS
Of some chemical. usually sulphate
Of alunina, as a coagulant to gather
together the bacteria, minute clay
and other Impurities IN the
water into cIOts SO as to permit of
their easy removal by sedimentation
and rapid hItration through sand,
he applied chemical being itself re-
moved in the Process. This is the
only praeticable process today for
water containing Iarge
quantities Of fine clay as that Of the
West Fork river.
The plant. which has nominal
Tally capacity OF 100000 gallons
of filtered water and i5 capabIe OF
carrying a considerable overload
when necessary on account OF fn-
;reased consuunption for Ore ppr-
poses or other reasons eomprises
our altered units pipe gallery,
naohinery, room, chemical stQraee
md mixing room opeFati ling door