Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-08-22
STREET BILLS PAID.


Jos. Wills, labor ...... 700
G. Devault, labor . 5.54
Theo. Edwards, labor .. 6.32
G. Holvey, labor .... 204
r. Frisby, labor .... 6.61
H. Wise, labor ......-..... Ala
t. Hampton, labor r-........ 6.32
J. Mitchell, labor ............. 6.32
]. Budd, labor ................ 1850
G. Stanley, labor ............ 2.04
Mr.. Bayer presented Mr. Dunlap's
report of his inspection of the water
situation ia Woodbury.. He said:
Mr.. Fred Bayer,
Chairman Water Committee,
City Hall, Woodbury.. N. j.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your request for my inn
pressions upon your water supply
system, after brief visit of two
hours the following is submitted:
1st. | judge from what you told
me that the citizens of Woodbury. are
strongly in favor of an artesian wat
er supply, so much so that they will
not entertain the fltering of their
present supply Such being the case,
the matter resolves itself as TO wheth-
er wells should be drilled in the vi
cinity of the pumping station or new
site selected, 1ecessitating the erec-
ton of a new pumping station.
If the present station IS maintained
it would be good practice to dupli-
cate the present pumping main, both.
for security of service and larger
carrying capacity Whether this
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depends entirely on whether or not
you will meter your services and the
future growth of the town The
present 12-inch pipe is sufficiently
large to give bountifu1 supply of
water to your city for all purposes
if the waste was eliminated, and the
only way in which this can be done
is by metering all your consumers.
This necessarily need not increase
the water rent or charges paid by
the householder but will divide the
water rents paid according to the
amount of water wasted as the mini
mum charge should provide suffi-
cient quantity of water for all need
full purposes.
This, however would still leave
you dependent upon one main for
your supply but with the reservoir
reasonably full of water any ordin-
ary repair could be made between the
pumping station and the reservoir be-
fore the supply would be exhausted.
AS to the advisability of filtering
your present water rather than use
an artesian water, / am free to cor
fess that if you can get good well
water believe it is worth the in
creased cost 1t has many advantag-
es, possibly most of them little real
benefit as the water in a commercial
sense will not be as good as one.
properly filtered but to the public
artesian water appeals and they over
look such matters as hardness, etc.
found generally in we'll water.
The cheapest plan for you to get
good water is to construct mechan-
ical filter plant at the pumping sta
ton, filter the water and place meters
on all your consumers, and depend
upon the 12-inch pumping main, sup
plemented by duplicate line from
the reservoir to the centre of the dis
tribution in tn city.
A million gallon filter plant will
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your other appliances, prove ample
for many years to come.
The next plan is to sink two eight
inch test wells in the vicinity Of the
Pumping Station and if ample good
water is found, to drill the requisite
number of wells, pumping these into
your present receiving reservoir or
well by air and use your present
pumping plant for the final pumping
to the storage reservoir.
If meters are installed, the II inch
main is sufficient; if they are not, lay
another main but it will be cheaper
to install meters
If you decide to abandon the pump
ing station, / would recommend that
the site beyond the old gas house be
tested as being the best of the three
shown me on Saturday, and ! believe
lyou will have no trouble in getting
the requisite amount of water from
this ground Whether it is hard
water or contains too much iron can
only. be known by sinking test wells.
The first site shown mein the vi
cinity of a newly sunk inch we'll
is too small and the last while suffi-
eientIy large and worthy of explora
tioa, is on account of its distance
from town not so desirable as that
near the railroad culyert although I
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