The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
VIRGINIA WATERS
|NC0ASTAL PLAN
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Plenty OF Good Water In Virginia.
Az to tho general conclusions Of tho
investigation, tho report says. Tho
study of the Coastal Plain formations
in Virginia, the examination of springs
and wells. and tho analyses OF the
waters, have shown that plenty OF
water Is to be had, ana except In a
limited area In the southeastern and
eastern part OF the Coastal Plain, ar
tesian supplies OF abundant flow and
excellently adapted for domestic pur-
poses can be obtained without dlfn-
Guilty. Enough deep wells have been
sunk to prove the existence OF several
widely extending series OF beds oon-
tanning water-bcaring sands, and II
Is possible to say at what depth, al
most localities. n particular series OF
beds can be found.
Dug wells are 20 ehcaply sunk thai
they become the main source % do
mestio supply. Many such wells frSm
their location. and the insufficient pre-.
caution against tho entrance OF water
contaminated by organic wastes, may
frequently become dangerous to the
public health. But dug wells properly
located and protected will, In many
places. yield entirely satisfactory sup
plies The deposits underlying the ter
races on which stand many of the
towns and villages of the Coastal
Plain transmit water readily. hence
springs Issuing from such terraces or
shallow wells in the villages are east
ly polluted by filth from vault privies
and from cesspools.
1.-THE mineral content of the well and
spring waters varies greatly at diff
ferent localities. or even In the same
locality hence both tho de%p and the
shallow waters are variously suitable
for domestic use. boiler supply, or par
ticular industries. The most striking
characteristic OF the artesian waters
of certain formations on the west side
OF the Chesapeake Bay Is their rela-
lively large content of sodium bicarbo-
nate. In this aspect they differ from
many deep waters
Richmond and Vicinity.
Each county In the Coastal Plain is
taken up separately and discussed In
great detail. The discussion of particu-
lar interest to Richmond Is, IN part, as
follows:
'sfhc ci,y o, Richmond owns water
works which distribute James River
water In or near Richmond a num-
Der OF deep wells have been sunk by
hotels and industrial, concerns These
wells get water from HESuTcs anu
Joints in the granite. and are OF much
interest because of the wide variation
in yield and quality of water.
"a dug we'll twelve feet In diameter
and li2 feet deep at Benjamin Davis's
brickyard I'm the north part OF the
city is situated just on the edge of the
Sunderland plain above Bacon Quar-
ter Branch. II went through Column
bia cobble beds and loans and the
Chesapeake sandy clays to decomposed
granite. but struck nothing that could
be identified as Potomac material. and
yields little water
.In the Brookland district. which in
cludes residential and manufacturing
sections, northwest and north OF the
city and had total population of
10.05s in 1910, water is obtained chiefly
from dug wells ten to forty feet deep
though there are many drilled wells
and some cistcrns.
within a mile OF Highland Springs
there are over 100 dug wells. which OBJ
tain supplies of soft water from sand
beds, and range in depth from twenty
to twenty-seven feet within an aver
age OF about thirtytwo feet.
I'm Glen Allen dug wells are twenty
to thirty-h feet deep. and most OF
them strike granite at about twenty
feet The Old Dominion Excelsior Co.
has two wells eight feet square and
twenty-five ieet deep mat go to me
sran'te, ana are co'i"ee'eo W d
cut at me oottoih'
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