El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29

Der dav, making total capaclly OF tne
Mesa station nine ana oIe-AalI mn, Illll-
az watts pumping station, with
CaDacitv of four million SaIlons per
dav which is only helu Ior IRE pro-
lection and is not useu LOT Householu
purposes and mas HOI DS0-- 81 u -Oi
over two years
IndJcates Population OF $4,000.
O.tober 1910, when the city took
o,-a- tbe plant there were only 46UV
" - we expect to have $500
c0nsnuers by January J., 1912
might state here M a.. IN J-ls 70
tiC1sI Water Works ASSOCIATION, the
S,-s - % citv has 10 Inhabitants to
fbe service: FL Paso mas To-Day '4uO
services which means lIl1t " nave
in ne CITY and suburbs 1000 people
nd NV January. 1915, will have more
than $4,000 people; g. f-o-, ILL
averaging 500 feet IN oepth' IocaIeo
siv miles from the city on table
- sbo1,+ 200 feet above the bust
ness portion Of the city. .,--
me- y-srsr is lifted from these wells
by compressed air rms wafer on
rsacbiDE the surface is empued into
1t15arground conduits which conveys
The water to an underground reservoir
from which the big pumps take ana
force the water to the CITY by TINS
method of handling the supply the
1t-star never sees the light of day until
y. - +,IrIsd on in the home, thus Civ
ms to the people Of this city very
pure and wholesome supply OF water
Five Wells In Reserve.
OF the IS wells now ready Tor serY-
ice we have not useu at any One
time. more than 3. giving reserve
Of five wells for emergency OF IN
The following is an analysis Of the
wtaer furnished the city OF II Faso-
Water Is Pure.
FL Paso CITY water shows the pres
emf simply TO be remarkably free from
organic contamina ton This IS m
dicated by the low amounts OF the
following substances Free ammonia,
.OI- aIbuminoid ammonia .O05; nj
mates IO- nitritis, o. required oxy-
gen, = CGiven in parts per mllllonJs
also by the absence OF any conlanll-
ating bacteria, there being no colon
bacilH present in samples examined
Ali ground waters contain more or less
saline matters mineral salts) IN solu-
ton. due 10 the solvent action of water
as IL passes through the various strala
OF the earth. This is especially true
Of waters in the southwest There Is
however, probably no water IN this
section containing less amount OF
these salts than the FL Paso water
(averaging 20 grains per GALLON, and
these salts are all healthfuL Ihe
analysis fGGows;
Hypothetical Combinations.
Potassium chloride ---.-..-...- IA
Sodium chloride -.-...-......-. All
Sodium sulphate .---.-.-.....-. tt-9
Magnesium 1ica-bonate 5000. 1873
Calcium bicarbonate -.........- 161-9
Iron and alumina ......--.-.... V9-y
Silica ...---..sA ... 50
Sodium carbonate ---.-----.-..- %
The above is for parts per 100000
When one considers the source OF
FL Paso's water and the manner IN
which IL is handled. on the one hand
and Of some bottled and so called
mineral waters" on the other II
son that there should be no criticism
% the city supply
We are now pumping. according to
the record of July, 1914, l2t,56a,S5e
gallons. or an average OF 4-loS,5Zt gal
Ions per day. We only used about is
wells during July, with an average
discharge OF 1913 gallons per minute
Tor each we'll
OF the $4,000 bonds sold this
spring, il is contemplated TO place
machinery out at Mesa pumping plant
which viii increase the capacity 70
supply water about four and One-hal1
million gallons daily. costing about
$4,000 or $50, 0Uu- The rest Of bond
money viii be spent TO give water
supply on the Mesa north Of the city,
by installing a booster plant at the
reservoir north Of the cit and pump
ing the water through eight and six
inch mains across to the foot Of Mt
Franklin 10 a reinforced concrete res
ervoir, in this way giving ample sup
ply 10 this suburb for all time TO
come
Also laying eight and six inch mains
through Highland Park and Manhat-
tan Heights to give an adequate sup
ply to this portion of the city
Water Rate Reduced.
On March 10, 1913, the rate was re-
duced from 30 cents per 1000 gallons
u a rate OF 20 cents per 1000 gal
Ions The report for the year ending
April 1, 1913, showed that the water
a the bank to the amount OF $751;
600. With reduction Of 10 cents per
1000 gallons and this enormous deficit,
the water department has met the is
sue and on July I. 1914. paid off the
last warrant due and Is now on a
cash basis, and We honestly believe
unat with economy and diligent ef-
fort the city can reduce the cost OF
water TO IS cents per 1000 gallons
Some of the Betterments.
Some OF the betterments giving
greater efficiency in the different de-
partments. are.
In October, 1918, We succeeded in
establishing a Weir measure at the
pumping station thus enabling US, for
the first time in the history OF the
plant to measure accurately the water
pumped each day. BY this we were
enabled for the first time TO calculate
and find out The difference in amount
Of water pumped and the water sold
The month OF October. 1913. showed
that We only sold half Of the water
pumped in other words we lost so
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