Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-02
ervoir lacked 144,ooo, oeos gallons

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On the 2sth Of July meters were in
stalled on each of the two 16-inch pipes
leading from the reservoir and the
daily use OF water was found to be
about two and one tenth million gall
Ions. In the light of these facts the
board were CT the opinion that the time
had come when 1t was their duty to
take steps to procure an additional
water supply. On Aug. 5. within two
weeks after its organization, the board
adopted Pease brook as q source of
at largely attended city meeting held
Dec voted against authorizing the
appropfiating of money for developing
Pease brook as source of additional
water supply.
There are given the figures Of Chan
dler e. Palmer on the several possible
sites. In accordance with the vote
passed at the city meeting in February
1911, the board are now at work on the
plan Of developing the Stony brook
watershed: Some preliminary work
has been done and 1t is hoped that the
real work will be started early in May.
The board OF water commissioners
hope this work will ~ completed by
the end of the present year and this
added to the present supply will give
dependable supply of 100000 gallons
Fairview reached its highest point
in 1910 on March 10, and its lowest
point in December
On March the contract for the
filters at the pumping sta was
made and this will be ready ,.Jer-
alton about May first and WI 5e op-
Grated as many days as deemed adj
visa bic, which with other sources. will
be sufficient for the city
Superintendent Corkery reports that
the year just closed has been menfo-
rable one In the history of the DEPART
ment Shortage of water forced work
on the department for which no pro-
vision was made and some needed
improvements had to be deferred.
At Fairview the grass and brush
were cut and burned and the we'll
house cleaned. The Ventura meters
nave been an invaluable help to the
department The daily average of
water used has decreased over 500. 600
gallons since last September During
April the daily average was 1900, 500
gallons.
At Meadow brook the trenches were
cleaned, and the grass and brush were
burned. Wells were drilled. hoping to
get a supply by pumping. but though
they went to a depth of $50 and 264
feet it did not pay.
During the coming year the Depart
ment will be obliged to devote most
of its time to the work connected with
the Stony brook water supply and
many needed improvements in our wa
ter system can be well deferred until
that IS completed The most import
ant recommendation of the national
board of fire underwriters was that
our present supply of water be in
creased. and | believe it would be to
the best interests of the city to wait
until that is accomplished before in
creasing the size of our mains
He recommends placing gates on all
hydrant branches, installing a mum Der
of meters each year until the whole
city is metered, doing away with dead
ends wherever possible
The rainfall for the year amounted
to 1885 inches. which is but SO of an
inch better than last year. The aver
age annual rainfall since 1871 has been
1897 inches.
During the year there have been
14,703 feet of new pipe laid, eight new
hydrants placed, and % new gates put
and So new meters put in. There are
now 607 meters owned by the board
and 25 private meters
Inspector w. p Ryan reports that
the inspection. because of the short
age, was limited to the section where
consumers were liable to be careless
and defective fixtures made frequent
inspection necessary. In addition to
inspection he has read all. the meters,
numbering 1850, of which 46 were
read more than once. There We're 1898
houses inspected. 1924 families visited
69S stores, schoolhouses. offices, barns !;
water closets inspected 2,s4s; bathtubs
1857; urina1s 1873
There were $50 defective closets and
296 faucets. There We're 1876 extra
calls for special INSPECTIONS