Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-03-21

The all important matter before
the Council last Monday evening as
is a matter of first Importance to all
citizens of Wauseon was the Water
Supply for this village. The Board
of Trustees of Public Affairs; who
are more often called the "Water
Board, were present also Mr.. W.
J. Sherman head of the Sherman En-
gineering Company cf Toledo, under
whose direction a rather exhaustive
survey Of possible source of Water
supply for Wauseon has recently
been made together with prelimin-
airy plans and approximate estimates
In presenting the report Mr.. Sher-
man explained that the conditions
which Wauseo1 is facing in regard
to underground water supply are not
at all unique and quoted a report
f1om the city of Fort Wayne, Ind,
to the effect that water head in
deep wells in that city has been
steadily lowering at the rate of one
foot per year and the water level in
these wells is now so low as to rend-
er it impracticabele to depend upon
the UNDERGROUND source of supply.
The survey reported by Mr.. Sher-
man included five possible plans and
selecting from these the Board of
Public Affairs recommended that plan
which combines maximum Of
assurance of reliability in the way
of a permanent adequate supply Of
water to meet all present and future
needs Of the town.
Any plain involving dependence
upon an underground source of sup
ply has necessarily to be eliminated
as such a source has been found 70
be unreliable and uncertain.
The first plan Investigated was one
which would utilize the present
plant the main source of water sup
ply being the big ditch from which
the water is being secured to tide
over the present emergency; this
would be augmented by drainage
from an area of little more thar
eur square miles. The water sup
ply would be plentiful but the re-
servoir space available would not be
sufficient to store quantity OF
water that would last during a dry
season The reservoir surveyed or
this site would hold 3O,O00,00O gal
Ions; the engineers figures call fol
| "a IOSStNOI Will CdpdClJA
IF 60000,000 gallons to meet every
possible emergency and in order tc
make a reservoir of this capacity or
this site, excavating that would cost
approximately $4,000 would run the
cost up to figure that would be be
yond the reach of the village.
The second plan reported admits
Of four different methods Of work
ing cut. The basis of this plan i;
a reservoir constructed to include
the bed of branch of Turkey Foo
Greek. two miles east Of the Cour
House in Wauseon and south Of tn,
N. Y. C. railway tracks on lands
now owned by Willard Pugh. Thi'
reservoir will be fed by the.kranch O
Turkeyfoot alluded to above sup
lemented by a drainage area of ap
proximately seven square miles; Tht
reservoir will cover about 139 acres
will hold 81,000,000 gallons Of watel
and can be formed by the erection
of a dam 1900 feet long, 20 feet il
HEIGHT at the highest point and
feet at the lowest po mt; The great
est depth of water except at the be.
of the stream will be II feet, averag
depth feet. The water will b
pumped from the reservoir into tn
settling basins from whence it vii
flow by gravity into the filter bed
then into the clear water wells iron
which it will be pumped into tn
city mains.
The four methods which may b
used with the reservoir describe
above are for convenience designat
ed as "a" "B" &C" and I'D"
"a" is to place a steam plant an
use steam pumps at the reservoir
The estimated initial cost of thi
method is SAG, 1886. The operatin
cost would be 19 cents per thousan
/, gallons.