Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-15
BIG WATER BALANCE
Department Closed Year With
$87,198.42 on Hand.
PLANS FOR 5000 METERS
To Be Paid for This Year Out of
Current Revenues.
BAD LEAKS ARE STOPPED
Estimated Saving of Water Is 6,921,-
900 Gallons paily-Laid
Many Mains.
PLANS FOR 5000 METERS
BAD LEAKS ARE STOPPED

The treasury Of the District water
department. was anything but depleted al
the beginning of the present fiscal year
July !. for. according to the annual re-
port of Supt ". A. Mcfarland. trans
mitted to the Commissioners today. there
was balance on hand at that time OF
ST., 1873 T..
So satisfactory i the financial condi-
tion of the department that the installa-
ton of 500 meters, TO be paid for out of
the current revenues. is anticipated dur
ing the year. the report states.
In no instance does the report refer
to the proposed increase in water rates
SO that the entire service may be metered
but the fact that the department has
under consideration the installation OF
b.ono meters out its own funds Is regarded
as significant The department has pro-
vided for the installation of meters out
of current revenues before, but the num-
Der has seldom reached 5000 annually.
and did not exceed that mark last year.
Sources of Funds.
The total available funds for the year.
It Is stated. amounted to SS1S,Ug.. while
the disbursements were only 1;DS93.5 %.
The expendable funds were made up by
cash collections amounting to S632, 493. s.
appropriations for special projects total
ing 1000 and unexpended balances from
previous allotments.
Aside from the financial statement.
which shows the department to be in
fiourishing condition, probably the most
interesting feature of the report, which
is al voluminous document. covering sixty
two typewriter Lagos, is the statement
regarding the extent of leakage found
and stopped during the year.
This amounted to S6,92l.yJU gallons a
day, il Is stated, more than One-half of
the loss being due to defective service
pipes.
In presenting resume of the work
accomplished during the year, the re-
port states that 152,066 feet, or twenty
nine miles of mains of all sizes. were
laid. 10000 feet being trunk mains of
a0-inch diameter. or larger.
This. it is said, is an increase of
laid during the preceding year, and
gives a total length of 2,774.171 feet.
or 90 miles. in the entire distribution
system.
Ends Year With Balance.
Notwithstanding the increase of work
over that of the year previous, the
department was able to bring the year
To close with a heavy balance on hand
1t is estimated in the report that the
mean daily consumption of water by
the entire system during the year was
90. 3S0.0O0 gallons. which, on basis Of
$4,000 population. gives 11S gallons
per capita daily
Twenty-one thousand five hundred
and forty-sev houses were inspected
during the year, IL is stated, leaking
fixtures being found in 3,262, or Is per
cent of the total
Two hundred and lightweight forty
eight-hour notices were served ION
premises for underground leaks. OF
these premises. it is said. it was neces-
sary to cut off only siXty-nine for fail
ure to make repairs.
The report is taken up largely with
a statement of the routine work ac-
by the various divisions I'M
der the water department. The condi-
tion of the service generally is shown
to be satisfactory.