The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-13
HEED HOLIDAY &
URGENT Appel
Many Water Users ComDIy II.
Superintendent Request 4,
Stop Waste.
SITUATION LESS GRAVE
THAN ON PREVIOUS n
Pressure Indicator Shows
pr0Yement and Officials Ar,
Hopeful of Relief.

III response TO the urgen. anro.a
Iho'nas Holiday, Superintendent, 81
"atcrworks department, residents NJ
S"S are somewhat rcmedying The u,,
waste evil. thereby avc,tinv vha, ~
nave otherwise developed into . -
condition. Yesterday the do,on,i
"i'uer Mf. Holidays directions. a.
sent small army of men into The a,rr,
ent sections OF the city to w,r.
| property owners against tbe ,n,.,.
| waste OF the supply. BY this mc,,o,, T.
tnrouSh publicity channels III III
si,,,,, nppr,std ci the serious aspe,.t ~
siau''tlon brought about through ,n
own carelessncss. Thosr who w. ""
Mahtoh!N wasting their portion ana -
more, were deprived OF water nniii n
asIseG 10 use more thought and ~
uatlon yesterday showed n rnnrlsod g.
proNemenl, There is, however sill :.
room for Improvement. Gun mu
INC serious turn came about Tucs.,.
MIen numerous complaints reached
waterWorks department ofncc IL su
to an apparent low pressure M 80
supply. The Indicator at the v,ntor..%.
station and also that in the rDaip ~
showed That the conduits were hoii"
an me pipes could carry. and rharr
Ifn,,.o IL. - lh'ne as lack Of supply exist
however. residents OF the north ~
anu olher high sections. and aisn O.
pants or OFFICES on the higher aoo,-s|
!he larger buildings. continued to MI
III complaints. An investigation carr
vi ny thc ~aierworks department
NeaIHd 'hat residents were wasting H
supply IN ,wanton fashion
Unusually Heavy Drainage
some OF the residents. when accool.
a. T,,.ls..
pise that they should be accuses &
Wasting The supply, according 10 rffrt,,
MANY declared that they were una u,~'
that the use OF water was restricted e.
inat they had therefore used as mucl,
IL rs they pleased. In some disfric
residents were found who had been in I,
hanlt of leaving their lawn hose riinni,
an throughout the night In such cas-
the lawns had received all the soil a
grass could carry. allowing the overfio
To run in great volumes To the rlItf1
nhd ana thence 10 waste in the sewers.
this and other WAYS the drainage nrox
TO ne so heavy that pressure was cons{
erably lowered. althouoh the supplv n
al mat could he desired. This wasi
according 10 Mr. HOLIDAY. oyiste1 In n
lower residential districts OF the city. ~
ran up into the hundreds OF thousaf,
OF gallons.
Now that people have beer warned
me danger. pressure Is increasing. shoa
oy ludIcious use OF the water supu|
Al the lire department Yesterday tcf
OF pressure taken by William l.. Fitzc@
a!d. assistant fire chief showed that n
conGitlon was becoming decidedly betsI
Much higher pressurcs at all hours
the day were recorded. The avorr
pressure OF the day registered ketw~
81 and GO pounds To the square m
which Is considerably higher than M
gay record. proper pressure, aceor
n III ~ Il IL.
10 and 90 pounds to the square incn. =
The pressure here was 6H pounds ~
morning. said Mr.. Fitzgerald last cvM
ing. Although this decreased during n
20 forenoon, II ran UP again 10 GO PouuI
at II o'clock. Throughout the afterno/
il averaged between 30 ana 60 pound
AT o'clock IL began to drop again a.
no doubt To the use OF lawn hose az
sprlnklers. The register was 80 pour<
~ O'Clock. and then rapidly increasf
hurins me night. The pressure ought
be much heavier in the morning -
Waste Due to Ignorance. 4
The preceding days condition sd
brought about through an unusuaiI
ieary increase in drainage. This mean
nat residents all over the city We're lei
Ing their pipes or lawn hose flow 81.
blast regardless of what the result
night be. Gutter streams were in mo-
Instances traced to residence prorertie}.
where the lawn hose had been DOWN
'pen not only for hours during the do
nut all through the night. The averaH
person does not realize how many thou
and gallons OF water can escape from
COMMON lawn hose in comparatively fc<,
lours. q. n
Through such needless waste pressiir<
5 taken from the pipes before the lighe.
Ines OF :he city are reached. which at
cunts for yesterdays complaints iron
'orth bench residents and business ne
n the offices on top floors OF high bullu.
ngs. However. indications point 10 II
peedy relief OF the situation. There N
lcnty of water. and II the people exer
lse common care In the use OF their SUI
ly such thing as a scarcity OF vat
his summer will he out of the uuestiou
he water system was never better M
apacitated for handling a big. abundau
upply than n, present" Ill
II Is not at all improbable that the cILi
ouucil may take steps TO bring abou<
,ore care and thoughtfulness on the pa/ .
residents in using the clty's water sun
~. Superintendent HOLIDAY has suggea|1
! that the needless waste OF water ~
through proper enactment us
le council TO be an onense punishau|.'
y a fine of So upon the first conrictio{-
nd ten days In jail upon the secou
,nvictIon. He is OF the opinion that q
lblic's sense Of duty and seli-protc<~
on ought first to be appealed 10. but tlf a
q few prosecutions were made alou n
Ie lines suggested, the waste would Soc''
'ase.