Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-07
CITY WATER PROBLEM SETTLED
Two Resevois Give Abundant Supply for All Time Probably Say Water Commisisoners- State Board of Health Ap- proves Conditons-Last Year Was Largest in Depart ment Receipts

many years to come. if mot for ell time.
 What is Propossd.
 It is the intention of the board to make several extensions during the coming year. It Is estimated that our present water system can supply about 35.000 people and we are supplying about 10000. AS all the residents of the city, who live on accepted streets are now supplied with water, it will be necessary to make extensions in the town outside the city limits. At the last session of the legislature the water department was given the right to extend the water mains to any point within the town, and also to supply any of the residents of the town of Montvi1le along the line of Stony Brook pipe
 The board deem 1t advisable to make some extensions at once, in or der that we may increase our revenue to meet the expense caused by our ward Yantic and TaftvilIe promise the best result at this time, and plans are under way toward making such ex- tensions.
 In addition to the above. it is plan- ned to extend the main from the dead end Of Maple street to West Main street a distance of 1709 feet. This extension will do away with a dead end that has caused some expense and win greatly improve the circulation in that section. Extensions are also planned on Pratt street and Spring Garden avenue, Other petitions have been received from other residents of the town. but 1t will not be possible to grant them this year.
 Check Waste.
 Even though we have plenty of wa ter for all purposes and at certain times during the year water is going to waste over the spillways still we should not allow water to run to waste through leaky or defective fix lures. It has been the policy of the present board to extend the meter system, and in accordance with this policy meters are placed on all new services and on as many old services each year as seem advisable.
 Ir this way the proportion of met cred services is continuously increas- ing and the revenue derived from them is fast approaching the amount received from unmetered services Other cities have shown us that the installation of meters is the best pre- veEtive of water waste.
 Early in December the pumping station at Trading Cove brook was dismantled. the material sold or trans ferred to the water works shop and the building taken down and re-erect- ed at Stony Brook, where it serves the purpose of a tool house and wagon shed. The leases at Trading Cove brook were for three years from De- sidered it was not advisable to main- tain the station any longer, the leases were not resumed.
 State Board of Health.
 In recent report of the state board of health calling attention to the wa ter supplies of several cities of the state, the following general conclu- sions about the supply of the city oi Norwich are noted: All the houses along the edge of the water shed and are not close enough to tributary streams to endanger the supply.
 The present conditions appear tr be satisfactory and the department of. ficials are to be commended for pro- tecting the public by the installation of filters for their temporary supply during the recent water shortage, al it too often happens that emergency supplies from questionable sources art 1 used without the installation Of pro. tectfve measures"
 Pressure Increased. The gates on the supply pipe from Stony brook were opened for the frs time to supply the city on June 1913, and have not been closed since that time. The pressure throughou the city has been increased from si, to eight pounds at every point ant no complaints have been received from the residents at the high places in the city during the past year. TreasureTs Report
 From the treasurers report it 1, shown that the total income of tn, operating department for the year wa. $77, 34s.23, expenses $16,91494, making a profit in operation of S60, ,433.2s fol the year. The total profit to date or operating Is s1,304, ,33s5s,