The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-02-15
lary Is, 1919 $1.5O Year in Advance; Sc Copy

$l.50 per month for the delivery of
5000 gallons of water and his
neighbor $1.50 per month for the
delivery of 5000 gallons of water.
When the delivery is paid for by the
meter measurement the charge to
each consumer is adjusted accord
ing to the quantity used and the
economical or careful user is not
compelled to pay for the waste of
his extravagant or careless neigh
bor.
The city council feel quite certain
that there is supply of water to
provide fa'' "a city of nearly twice
the pbpulas wo.of Colville and that
-''ne shortage THAI .sa,r ,nW nN feel occa-
sionally is not due to =, bunaek utaek OF
water but due to the waste Or .-.or,cs,
c. A Nancy, who is a member of the
state fire rating bureau and whose
special business is to investigate
water supplies and water pressure
in connection with fire risks, states
that as a rule not more than one
half as much water is needed
under metered system as is needed
under an unmetered system and in
many instances the difference was
even greater than that. He is in
no way interested in water meters
but only has in view the fire pro-
lection of the cities of the state of
Washington. He stated that the
water meter was the only practical
solution Of the water proposition.
The following figures are compari-
sons between metered water systems
and unmetered water systems:
Charlotte, N. Y, with population
of 1000 fully metered, uses % gal
Ions of water a day per capita; Mills
burg, Ohio, with the same popula-
tion, unmetered, 200 gallons per
day per capita Camden, S. c., with
population of 5000, fully metered,
uses rs gallons per capita per day;
Coraopolis, Pa, with population of
5000, unmetered uses 200 gallons
ner day per capita; Ashland, Ohio,
5000 population, one-half metered,
uses "a gallons per day; Montpelier,
VT, with the same population, un-
metered, uses $50 gallon per day.
Coming nearer home, C. M. Hoov-
er, water superintendent of the city
of Pullman, writes that they are
fully metered and that before meter
ing the consumption of water was
practically 200 gallons per capita;
since metering the consumption
varies from 48 gallons per capita dur
ing the winter and spring to 70 gal
Ions per capita during the dry period
of the year. The clerk of Ritzville
writes that the city is fully metered
and that the consumption of water
per capita per day is from As gal
Ions during the winter and spring
to about 100 gallons per capita dur
ing the irrigation season. He has
given no figures as to the con-
sumption of water before the meters
were installed, but from reliable in
formation we understand that the
city of Sprague consumes more than
three times the water per capita
that is consumed at Rtzville.
With the consumption of from so
to 100 gallons per day per capita
Colville will have sufficient water
for use and water to spare, and no
matter how large the water supply
might be it is the opinion Of the
council that it would be to the best
interest of the city to meter. 1t
is becoming a general rule. In east
ern Washington, we have Spokane,
Hillyard, Pullman, Colfax, Tekoa,
Walla Walla and Ritzville metered,
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