Weekly journal-miner., 1919-02-05
NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL TAKE OFFICE; HEAP PUTS WATER PUZZLE IN WORDS
Retiring Mayor Points Out. The Fooljshrpess of P4rop- ir1q Up Del Rio Water Al ter it Has Once Passed Through City.

alone for present needs, but to care for the requirements of city several times the present size of Prescott, as we have every reason to anticipate a material growth in the city's pop ulation in the future.
 Possible Sources of Supply.
 In this connection 1 desire to point out that previous city administra- ton secured the services of hydraul- ] ic engineers who recommended con struction of a storage dam to con serve the waters of the Potts Creek and Aspen Creek watersheds. While Engineer Phillips has not yet com pletcd his survey and report, pre- lininary statement by him favored 1 this project, which he stated should give the city an unfailing water sup ply well in excess of its needs for years to come. However, other loc- al watersheds are to be surveyed also that the city may have the benefit of all data available.
 Wasteful Methods.
 I deem it meet, however, to call the
 ttention of your honorable body to
 ie fact that, including upkeep, inter
 st and all other charges, it is cost
 ng the city approximately 60 cents
 CT thousand gallons to deliver water
 rom the Del Rio plant into the city
 eservoir, and that this extremely
 :gh cost is occasioned by the waste
 ul method of permitting the waters
 f the Potts Creek and Aspen Creek
 watersheds to flow throug the city 0 the Del Rio sink, 20 miles away
 ecessitating it's again being pumped
 lhe surface and driven under
 pressure, back, to the city at an ele-
 ation of HOO feet above the Del
 Rio plant. In light of this 'fact, gen
 lemen. would not not seem the bet
 CT part of wisdom to impound these vaters at our doors, which would i've the city not only an untalllng upplv for years to come, but a gray
 ty flow that would deliver water the distributing system at cost
 1ot to exceed ? cents per thousand rallons as against the present eX
 ,essive cost of 60 cents per thousand
 allons
 !, Enlarging Del Rio Plant. The only practical alternative tt l. he Potts Creek project, as l see 1t
 the cnlarging and rehabilitating O e he Del Rio plant As the presen O equipment is incapable of producin' e more water, new and larger pump IT nd other expensive machinery woul ,- nave to be installed, and, in addition q he Del Rio pipeline relaid, whic .- would entail an outlay of more tha ts half million dollars. On the othe
 hand. the cost of the Potts Cree
 project is estimated at hardly nor K han half this sum.
 le City Distributing System. al In addition, and irrespective is which project is ultimately decide a rpon, it will soon be necessary to r' e ay the city distributing system, tn SO present. one, because of previous il mt tallation of pipe of cheap constru' ek ion, being in deplorable condition so The new distributing system shouI ce be first-class cast iron pipe, and D. an added fire protection, the ci all mains should be of greater capaci' gs than at present. In this connection en would also recommend that in laylr
 he new distributing system, Il ng mains and service pipes be sunk to ng depth that will preclude the possib ed ity of freezing, as during the rece il- cold weather it was found necessa of 10 secure an electrical thawing a all' paratus in order to thaw out Il mains and service pipes.
 CIV Bond Issue.
 lot Tn light of these facts I earnest