The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-03-07
Tuesday, March {, 1916.
AS TO WATER METERS.


meter in February, had any dea, or
got any impression, that it was in
tended as criticism of any one. we
desire to dispel that notion. The joke
was on US. We knew there was need
of fixing the plumbing in the office be-
cause there had been a leak and We
thought the leak had been stopped,
and then when the bill came to find
that the leak evidently had not been
stopped, because without leak some
where there could have been no such
amount Of water used No CRITICS
of the superintendent or any one con-
nected with his department was in
tended.
We don mind saying here, what
We have said elsewhere, that it is our
opinion if there is one conscientious
and painstalSing and accommodating
and efficient public official, WHO is all
the time on the job. that Homer
Schumpert is that one We have OBJ
served him very closely since he has
been in charge Of the works, and we
have always found him attending 20
the business q the job, and not both
ering with other people, and always
ready and willing to do what he could
for you, and at all times courteous
and obliging. No more could be ex-
pected of any one.
While We are on this subject it
might be of interest to others to have
a few facts about water meters, and
about how large a pond of water
little leak will make There is no
parallel, unless it be how interest
grows while you sleep.
In a circular of standards issued by
the department d commerce at Wash
ington, It says, of the accuracy of wa
ter meters:
Water meters are commercially
accurate instruments Cases of meters
which register correctly when install
ed and overregister after being in ser
vice are very rare Any arrangement
of the meter from dirt entering the
working parts Or from other causes is
likely to slow the meter down and
cause it to underregister. There is a
small amount d unavoidable leakage
through the meter which causes 1t to
underregister when very small guam
titles of water are passing.
Meters for measuring water for do
IN site use are usually graduated in
cubic feet-sometimes in gallons. One
cubic foot is taken commercially as
equal to { 1-2 gallons. Hence, to re-
duce the meter reading in cubic reet
to gallons, multiply the number of
cubic Eeet by I 1-2''
1t might also be interesting to quote
from another authority, which is stan
dard, what a big thing little leak can
make. And show what little leak
running steadily can do for YOU:
"It's only a little leak and doesn't
amount to anything" is the way that
steady drip or the fine stream from
faucet is usually regarded. But the
little leak is on the job twenty-four
hours day and seven days in week
and while it may not appear to be
wasting much water, it is actually let
ting a great deal run away. A round
orifice one thirty-second inch in diam
eter will pass 27O gallons of water in
"a hours at a pressure of 80 pounds
to the square inch. Increase the pres
sure by 10 pounds and the amount is
32O gallons, at so pounds pressure it is
$50 gallons and at 80 pounds, 42O gal
ions. Some dJ our most progressive
towns that have every outlet metered
show a daily per capita consumption
of only 20 gallons, so that at so pounds