Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-08
WATER WORKS
Plant Nearly Completed Good
Supply of Water I

+ It is only a question of few days
until the citizens of Wauseon will be
able to use water from the new
Water Works System. The new re-
servoir has been completed for some
time and there was last Friday
about sixteen feet of water
at the north end and 20 feet at the
south end. When the reservoir is
filled there will be % feet of water at
the north end and 27 feet at the south
end, an average of about "a feet.
There has been plenty of water
coming down the creek to keep the
pumps going night and day for the
last two weeks. The water looks to
be of good quality.
There is a pumping station at the
north end Of the reservoir that is
equipped with motors and pumps.
Cne motor is 20 II. P, one 80 H. P,
one Is H. P. and one 71a H. P. When
all are working there is a pumping
capacity of seven and one-half mil
lion gallons every "a hours. They
are pumping at the present time
about $500 gallons per minute.
The capacity of the reservoir is
about 70,0O0,00O gallons. There is
also two 10 H. P. motors to be used
to pump the water to the filtering
plant and each of these have a pump
ing capacity of 300 gallons per
minute. All current used in pump
ing is supplied from the old plant at
a very small cost.
There are several good gas wells
that furnish gas for the boilers and
with all pumps and wells working
there is not used to exceed 500 to roc
pounds of coal in "a hours. This is
a great saving on running expenses
The reservoir will not be pumped
to its full capacity this time as they
will want to let the banks settle down
first. In a short time the outside
bank will be all sod as plenty of seed
has already been sown. In the course
of time the inside walls will be cover
ed with cmeent so as to keep them
from washing.
The hltering plant is still under
construction, but will be ready for use
about Monday Dec. 18th. Holloway
and Berkebile are the contractors
and they are doing first class work
As the water is pumped from the
reservoir it goes through a chemical
process and then into settling vat
where the settings and impurities &c
to the bottom and from there it pass
es through about five or six feet OF
sand. This sand bedy is about rs
feet square and there are several
hundred cubic feet of sand in it
After it has gone through this pro.
! cess it is considered pure as any
water that could be had.
! The chemical tanks are built Of
concrete and the settling vat is bull
of reinforced concrete which will last
for years and years.
/ After going over the whole plan
and making a thorough investigation
it appreciated by the writer thai
they should at least thoroughly in
vestigate. The ordinary person
does not know how a water work.
plant works.
The present board is to be com
mended for the way they hav,
handled this plant. 1t has been in
stalled in record time. Work wa.
actually started last May and befor,
January 1st it will be in working
order,
There was time when they use,
, to pump about $4,000 gallons o
water into the town, but after man,
leaks were stopped, it was only nee
essary to pump 225,000 gallons ever,
: "a hours.
Five or six wells had to be pump
ed to furnish enough water but noy
only or are used at the most.
! The old way of pumping takes 9
, H. P. to pump $50 to 180 gallons o
water per minute but with the ney
, system $500 gallons can be furnishe
! with the same II. P. from the reser
voir, a great saving of fuel.
. The town should be appreciative a
! they have an efficient Superintendent
! in charge. Mr.. Leu Seidner is
mechanic and is always on the job.