Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-13
WATER PROBERS
SCORE SYSTEM
OF HONOLULU
Special Commission Urges Ap-
pointment Of Engineer to
Discover New Supply
WATER RECOMMENDATIONS (

= That Nuuanu water should be (
4 protected by excluding drainage
y from the road and by erecting
= man proof wire fence to exclude (
y trespassers.
y That all storm and normal
y flow waters Of seven valleys from 4
<.and including Moanalua should 4
= be considered az potential
y sources as we'll az the springs 4
4 In the Windward side which may
= be developed by tunneIing.
4 That a matter Of vital import
4 anee 10 to utilize all artesian I
y wells securing the most flow linn 4
4 ting the drilling Of new wells
r until an equilibrium has been 4
= reached. 4
= That an expert hydraulic engi- 4
y neer be engaged to ascertain Z
= through surveys and inVestlsa- =
= cation the principal and operat: I
+ ing cost per million gallons Of =
+ water in the different resources. 4
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That what it terms the haphaZarc
in which the water supply Of
Honolulu has been developed shoult
cease and a comprehensive plaI
adopted in order that every resource
may be tapped to supply the C, Instant
ly growing demand and an expert ny
draulic engineer be engaged tc make
a detailed investigation of every pos
sible source so Ihat comparison ma!
be drawn as to which will produce the
greatest amount of water at the 4eas'
outlay is the gist Of a voluminous re
port presented to the board Of super
visors last night by the Honolulu Wa
ter Commission, which has been IN
this subject siuce its or
ganization q year ago.
The commission, composed ofsL. a
Thurston, chairman, Charles A
Forbes, Jorgen Jorgenssn, James Gihh
and John H. Wilson, divided the re
port into two parts. the historical data
On the water supply of Honolulu aud
Its own findings The latter LUh
sisted Of investigations on the fol.
owing subjects: Surface waters and
springs on the. southeriy watershed
of Oahu, and also on the northsrly
for both the storm and re.r'
nal flow, artesian water and pumping
plants, water available by pumping.
storage and distribution reservoirs
md sites and filter and publication
plants.
From these investigations the com
mission found, according to its report.
hat the following sources are feas.
BILE to develop: The surface water
lowing from the valleys from Paiola
1aIley to Moanalua valley, artesiau
water, by tunnelling the Koolau
back Of the city and col
Getting the water which may be OBJ
aimed from springs and streams on
he north side Of the island.
The commission strongly recon-.
n favor of surface water instead OK
water because Of the cost Of
TO high levels and because
he surface water IL question cannot
,e spared. In regard to tunnelling,
Torgensen recommended that a series
# concentration bitches and tunnels
,e run along the northern base OF
Soolaus mountains both north and
outh tor point opposite Kalihi and
tunnel through the mountains
merging In kalihi valley on the Homo
ulu side at an elevation of 600 feet.
The oommittion strongly recon
nended filtration plant for Nuunau
'aIley because of the constant danger
/ diseases without it.
Speaking Of the water supply Of
honolulu the report says:
'"The water supply system Of this
fly has been created haphazard and
70 comprehensive plan for its deVel-
pment has been formulated or adopt
d. AS an instance 100000 was spent
q developing 10000 gallons in Palolo
nd again surface water has been
which could be cheaply
ecured while an expensive pumping
liant was erected"
The report says, however. that the
and present condition Of
Ionolulu's water system is not at
ributed to any man or body of men
ut is because in a few years Homo
1lu has grown from a primitive vii.
age to city.
The report was accepted by the
GARD Of supervisors. The historical
alta was ordered placed in the terri
orial archives and the report Of the
and the individual reports
r fha members ordered nrinted