Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-11
OFFER TWO PLANS
TO GIVE DISTRICT
ADEQUATE WATER
u. S. Engineers for Conduit
Prom Patuxent or Another
From Great Falls. $
H0L PRESENT SUPPLY
NOT AMPLE FOR NEEDS
Eliminate Power Plant From Con
sideration Because of Ex- -
cessive Costs.

FULLERTON or water from the 70
tuxent river to augment the wnter
supply Of the District of Columbiss =
one Of two alternative plans worked
out by United States engineer officers
for adoption at an early date if IN
adequate supply is to be furnished to
the rapidly growing population Of SAe
District. The alternative plan is con-
struction of an additional conduit
from Great Falls paralleling the ex-
listing conduit.
Because Of excessive costs Army en-
gineers have eliminated from conside$2.s>
ton any plans contemplating a power
plant at Great Falls, it is stated.
Cost Of Projects About Same.
Cost of the two plans now receiving
serious consideration, it is stated. n
approximately the same, the PatuxDnt
river plan, II anything. being tribe
higher in estimated cost. Should q
conduit be constructed to bring Patux-
ent river water to the District il would
parallel the Columbia pike. 1t Is a.
serted that Patuxent river water is con-
siderably softer than the water from
the Potomac. and that il would be easier
to protect the watershed Of that stream
from pollution than Is possible in the
case of the Potomac river watershed.
Army engineers who have studied he
ply Of the District is sufficient for exist
Ing needs. They are in accord. how
ever, in the belief that the supply win
not meet demands Of population shev-
ing steadily increasing growth. a
construction Of necessary conduits. etc..
in event of the adoption Of either soy
gested plan. it is estimated. will require
about five years, the engineer ofncorg
assert that preparations for providing
the necessary increase in the water sup
ply must be set under way at once.
Fun infozmstion In regard to the dfylt
Falls and the Pafuxent river plans -
to be submitted to Congress imnno-
diately. -.
Capacity Of Present Plant.
The maximum capacity of tho en-
listing conduit and the fltr4tion
plant is estimated at 0.000.0 900 gall1zu
a day. but with the present pumpa1g
tied to three pumpe the safe daily
capacity Of the system Is sp.
proxfmately 65.0oo.0o0 gallons. That
daily average has been Frequently
Exceeded during mi the e Past tT Ss, ysss cs
met only by the continuous and
steady employment Of the entire
pumping equipment. In view OF the
possibility Of accidents to any oDe
Of the pumps and the CONSEQUENT 70.
duction of the water supply for dis
tribution, It is planned to ask Cpu-
gress, at once to authorize the Inn
mediate installation of at least one
more pump. 50 that one may aiwsys
Another pump also would serve e
increase the supply in the filters. ana
in that way raise the safe daily ca
pacity above the sixty-hve-million-
xallon mark whenever necessary
with some such addition to the
pumping system. 1t is declared, the
present system will adequately meet
All ordinary demands. at least uneA
the proposed new additional conas
is built and put in operation. ~
about ave years hence.
Col. Tyler Makes Report.
col Max C. Tyler, the engineer Of
ficer in charge of the District water
supply system, in his annual repe&s
lust submitted shows the operatfqnt
of the present system, but makes NJ
comments thereon and no recommeu~
dations for the future. 1t is shown
that the daily average OF consumptton
Of water for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1919, was So, 260,o0o gallone.
as against a daily average or 6Z,954-
600 gallons for the previous naq14
year. The consumption for the nsc1A
year 1919 was greater than in Az
preceding year. with the exceptionee -
the fiscal year 1905, when the d4tH
average was 100000 gallons. Ard
the fiscal year 1906. when the daily
average was 67.700.00O gallons. ~
1905 the water was distributed dire1
from the Georgetown reservoir ana
there was great waste in the system
The tunnel extension to the How9r4
University reservoir was not com.
pleted until late in that year and the
filtration plant was used only part OF
the fiscal year 1906. ..s.
The records show that the winter
of 1905 was very cold and caused an
a abnormal waste of water. AS a To-
suit the daily average consumptt23
for February, 1905, was 9O,000,000 GHI<
Ions and for March Of that year M
0OO. 900 gallons. The lowest month1f
for twenty-four hours in -
was S8,8O0,000 gallons in Novemher-
In 1906 the highest daily average
was 100000 in MarcA.
and the rate also was above the IA.
000, 900 gallon mark In August 80
-
In great contrast with those nguroe
the average daily consumption TO-
the year 1874 was 17.600.000 gallo1
and in 1893 it had increased to 81
100000 gallons.
Average Daily Consumption.
Tho consumption of water per
twenty-four hours during the fiscal
wear 1913 is stated by months as tai.
lows:
July, maximum, 77.Ss0.000 gallonas
average. 66.S40,000 gallons.
August, maximum. 75,0S0.000 GAL.
Ions: average. 70,480.000 gallons.
September, maximum, 75,660,0OO gea.s
Ions; average. 68.080.000 gallons.
October, maximum, 71,660.o0O get-
November. maximum. 1880 900 gall
Ions; average, 60.2S0,000 gallons.
December, maximum. 69.420,000 ga1es
Ions; average. 63.500.000 gallons.
January, maximum, 74.6S0,000 gall
Lons: average, 66.060.000 gallons.
February. maximum. 68.7S0.000 gal.
IONS; average. 61.330.000 gallons.
March, maximum. 65,5S0.000 gn1-
IONS; average: 81. 1880, 900 gallons.
April, maximum, 68.620.000 gallouos
62.150.000 gallons.
May, maximum. e.420.0oO gallones-
63.s10.000 gallons.
June. uaximum, 77,350,000 galloups
average, 67.e50.00o gallons.
The average daily consumption 3of
he year 1919 II stated at 0Ss100s029
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