Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-07-20
USERS OF HOSE WILL
HAVE THE WATER SHUT OFF.
Cases Have Been Found Where the
Water Boards Orders Were Being
Vioated-AiI Should Be Treated
Alike,

With the extreme dry spell for the
past month and the small amount Of
rainfall, the requirement of the water
board that the hose shall not be used
should necessarily be lived up to, and
in most instances where it would ordi-
narily be used it has been cut out for
the summer and strict economy prac-
ticed in the use of city water. There
are instances, however. where the or
der is not being obeyed, and in each
one of these the board is calling the
parties to account and informing them
that if the violation is continued that
the water will be shut off altogether.
One member of the board stated tina
it is desired that all shall be used alike
and that it is not right for one to use
the hose on the garden or lawn and
another not be allowed to. The reser-
voir is now 1873 inches below high
water mark, the recent rain having
been of but little benefit to the reser-
voir.
With Hartford's reservoirs 523, 700,-
001 gallons short of the supply on
hand a year ago at this time. says
The Courant, there is grave danger of
water famine, unless the utmost
economy is exercised by all users.
Mondays rain resulted in a gain of
100000 gallons, but at the rate the
water is being used, an average of
more than 100000 gallons a day,
there was a net loss of about 100000
gallons.
The total capacity of the six reser-
voirs of the city is 2,135. 100000 GAL
Ions. Monday morning at 8 o'clock
there was a total of 1,334,700.000 gall
Ions on hand and Tuesday at the same
hour 1881, 100000. Considering the
fact that S,720,OO0 gallons were used
during the day, this shows that the
rain added 100000 gallons. The rain
fail was not particularly heavy in any
section At reservoir No. 1, West Hart
ford, the fall was SO inch; at No. a,
Pennington, ~ inch: and at No. 6,
West Hartford. .3S inch
The condition of the reservoirs It
present follows: No. j. West Hart
ford, normal height. "a feet present
height, So feet 4 inches, a gain of
three inches over Monday: No. 2,
West Hartford, normal height, Al
feet, present height 3S feet 3 inches,
loss of three inches: No. 3. West
Hartford normal height, Sc feet, pres
ent height, 81 feet I inches, condition
the same as on Mondap; No. 4, Farm
ington, normal height, 20 feet, present
height IS feet inches. condition the
same: No. 3 West Hartford normal
height, % feet, present height, Is feet
8 inches, a gain of three inches; No.
6, West Hartford. normal height, 27
feet, present height, 21 feet inches,
a loss of one inch.
On July IS. 1910. there was a total
of 1,S55, 900 900 gallons on nand and
on May 1 of the same year, the res
ervoirs We're full and running over.
Not once this year have the reser-
voirs been anywhere near full AS
yet there is a supply on hand, if care
in its use is taken, for a number of
months, before it viii be necessary to
take water from the Connecticut river.
The water board. however. will start
| the pumps working as soon as the
supply on hand in the reservoirs gets
down to 500. 100000 gallons.
| One cause for this shortage is the
lack Of rainfall, another is the growth
of the city, and a third is probably
the unprecedented rot weather, which
has driven the suffering public to a
| greater use of water than ever before
| in the city's history Since the first OF
! July Hartford people have used nearer