The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-05-06
WaterwOrks System
Working Splendidly

The coaguiation system OF clarifi-
cation at the Canon City waterworks
reservoir has now been in operation n
little more than n year. and has dem
onstrated itself to be an emphatic sue
cess In every respect. When the sys-
TEN was Installed Il was TO some ex.
tent an experiment and there were
some misgivings as to whether IL
would accomplish the work demanded
OF IT,
While the ordinary filtration pro
cess through sand. also In use here.
will suffice TO produce clear water
from the Arkansas river. most of the
year in sufficient quantity to supply
the needs OF Canon City. there are
periods during the summer months
when II is unable to do so
owing to the great quantity Of mud
held in solution by the river flow. IL
Is at such times when the sulphate of
aluminium and the hydraie of lime, the
chemicals employed in the coagulation
system. are brought into requisition
10 do the work. II meets the require
menis of the situation in an almost
magical manner without affecting in
the least the wliolesomeness OF the
water and assures the people who use
It clear. tasteless drinking fluid At
all seasons. The coagulation process
OF ciarification is invaluable to com
munities deriving their water supply
from rivers subject TO overfiows and
freshets that carry at such times vast
volumes of silt to contaminate it's
purity. IL is employed at New Or
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smaller cities in the Mississippi and
Missouri river valleys. Canon City
IS one OF the trst western towns to
demonstrate its effectiveness on a
mountain stream liable to sudden. pc
riodic rises and turbid. muddy flows
after the melting OF the winter SHOWS.
No chemicals are being used for the
precipitation OF silt or vegetable mat
ter at the Canon City waterworks res
ervoir at present nor Is II expected
that any will be needed until the sum
mer rains cause the Arkansas river to
70 on n rampage. II Is gratifying.
however. 20 know that when that time
comes means are at hand to take the
mud out OF the rivers flow and enable
the city authorities to furnish the peo-
pie OF the community with an ample
supply OF clear, pure water for drink
ing purposes and domestic uses.
In company with Supt Chetelat and
County Clerk Jonathan Seaman, the
writer visited the waterworks reser-
voir on Friday and Inspected the plant
and its environs. All OF the water
basins wers found to be filed to ca
pacity and their contents to be OF ex-
ceilent quality. The Canon City
waterworks reservoir, with its success
sive basins for clarihcation and. their
equipment. constitute system that
is as efficient and complete as any in
the West There are some plants I'm
the state that are larger and more ex-
pensive, but there are none better or
more competent TO discharge the task
which such an enterprise imposes.
Thu site OF the wnterworks reser-
voir here In mt once unusual and re-
markable and nffords view OF great
beauty of the surrounding territory.
The scene from the reservoir 10 one
Of the most notable about Canon City
and Il IL strange that 20 few people
OF tho city md their way there to
enjoy II.
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