Williams news., 1919-02-28
CITY DADS DISCUSS
 WATER IMPROVEMENT

The Williams Town council met in the office of Mayor Kirkpatrick Monday night, and devoted an hour to the discus sion of possible methods of inn proving the municipal water. In addition to the members of the council and the town clerk, the Manager of the water and light plant and the town engi- neer, were present.
 MT. Pat Roman appeared be- fore the council and complain ed of the condition of the water at present and urged that some thing be done to improve 1t. He suggested that the Council investigate the supply of water available from wells that might be sunk on either the old Phe- Ian farm, the old Scott Estate or Perrin's ranch. with a view to installing an electric pump and providing the city with we'll water. It was suggested that we'll water might be sup piled for domestic use, while reserving the supply in the res ervoir for fire purposes.
 MT. T. H. Cureton was pres ent and gave his views as to the possibility of securing a suf- ficient supply for the town from wells on the Phelan farm. MT. Cureton stated that he thot the supply would be ample but he feared the cost of development and pumping might make it impracticable.
 Jim Hudson, manager of the water system, was called upon to give his views on the matter. He said that he considered the unpleasant odor which has been common to the water in summer time, the result of water standing in the mains. He explained that at present there are a number of dead ends in the water mains, where the water is allowed to stand for so long that it becomes stagnant. He proposes to con meet up these ends this spring and thus do away with one source of trouble. He attrib- uted the present poor condition of the water, to the unusually small supply of water in the city reservoir. This is due in part to the water lost last spring when the dam was part ly washed, partly to the fact that a great deal of water was used in repairing the dam in the early part of the winter, and partly to the fact that while a great deal of snow has fallen on the mountain this winter, very little of this has thawed as yet and no water has yet run down the canyon as it usually does at some per iod during the winter season. The warm weather which is already past due should soon correct this. Areation of the water in or der to purify it and to remove the. unpleasant odor which it possesses in warm weather was discussed. Some plan for givng this a trial will probably be, worked out.
 The matter was finally left with MT. Hudson. After he has connected up the dead" ends of the mains, the council will be ready to consider any further recommendations which he may offer for improving the quality of the water.
 The present dam is. a sure source of supply, and offers possibilities of. developing d superabundance for all purpos- es. This water can be made pleasant to both taste and smell. Other towns have made good water out of much poor CT source of supply. It remains for a suitable system of treat ment to be adopted and used.
 There is a possibility howev- CT that an efficient system of treatment might prove as ex- pensive as pumping from the suggested wells.
 
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