Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-03-02

| supply has covered every practicable
! source for the city. and one by ono
these sources have been eliminated
as II has been found that they arc
Inadequate or undesirable, or that
| they have not as great advantages
AZ "A supply az some other 1t has
been the effort To make this report
as brief aS possible In order that Il
may be brought to the attention Of
all Interested citizens The state.
ments, however. made herein are
based upon extensive personal cN.
am ination. analysis, SURVEYS and
| computations that have in every
case gone far enough to show with
| out the lcast question or doubt, as
to the relative merits OF each OF the
sources considered.
The Arkansas River.
This. the present source OF supply
OF the city. is unsatisfactory As to
quality as is well known To all Ciu-
sens, II has been suggested that
the supply might he taken from tho
Arkansas at "A point farther up
stream, perhaps above the junction
OF the Cimarron and the salt Fork,
thus obtaining a better quality ut
water. The examination, however,
OF tho water OF this river shows that
| It's quality Is not good for domestic
purposes even above the junction
OF the two branches In fact. Is not
| of good quality ~ II enters the state
Tot Oklahoma from Kansas.
Ground Water.
Water from wells either shallow
or deep should always bo taken into
| consideration as "A supply for "a city,
but tho extensive drilling that has
already been done near Tulsa, the
quantity Of water obtained from
these wells. and particularly the
quality, shows clearly that this city
should not depend upon such n sup
PLY at the present fine, and certainly
not In the future when Its demands
will be much greater.
Bird Creek.
This stream is within 10 miles of
the city but It's drainage area Is too
small and tho quality of the water
makes It unfit for municipal use, and
Bird creek has therefore been elm
mated.
Cancy River.
This river, within 20 miles OF tho
city. is OF quality that could not
be used ms n city supply. being salt
and otherwise chemically unfit. and
Is therefore eliminated
tcruiRr1S 'l1Ncr.
The VerdiRrts Is a much larger
stream, flowing from the state OF
Kansas and tho records OF It's flow
for considerable periods are avail
able. Throughout the greater part
OF most years there would be SUI
ficient water I'm the Nerdigrls for
the use OF the city OF Tulsa The
river becomes extremely turbid after
rains and remains So for long pc
rlods OF time. ANY supply taken for
Tulsa would necessarily he from the
river at point above the junction
OF Bird creek and Caney river, AZ
these two branches add consiG cradle
salt to the main stream The intake
would be necessarily &c to 30 miles
from the city. A dam would be re-
puired across the NerdigrlR in order
tn get storage through dry periods
The very high turhidlty would re-
quire extensive filtration.
During the year 1919 the Verdi
girls river ceased to flow even at
points where the he'd was rocky and
where there was no opportunity for
seepage through the
riverbed The city Of ClR,emore,
which takes its supply from the Nor-
dlgris at n point near where Tulsa
would build It's intake. was so short
OF water last wear that they were
compelled TO blast through tho rock
Lodges and drain the pools stngnnn'
above the city intake: and even with
these efforts and the construction OF
n small temporary dam below the In
take Claremore was dangerously
near n wafer shortage
These conditions, together with the