Williams news., 1921-08-19
A PLEA FOR GOOD WATER

perity of Williams is the lack
 of an adequate supply of good
 water Lacking this water, the town cannot grow. Given this
 water the town will inevita ply
 grow. The fate of the town lies in the hands of the citizens.
 Williams is threatened with a water famine as surely today as it was six months ago, des- pite the heavy summer rains. Fortunately the Santa Fe res ervoir caught a large amount of water from the rains. and this guarantees adequate fire protection. But an adequate supply of good water for do- mestic use is sadly wanting.
 The municipal reservoir caught practically nothing from the recent rains. Had it caught enough to fill it to half capacity, an adequate supply of GOOD water for domestic use would still be wanting. The water from the municipal res ervoir is not satisfactory for summer use in particular.
 What Is the Solution?
 Enlarging the city reservoir might help great deal but it would probably fail to give pleasant tasting and odorless water for summer use. To enlarge the dam sufficiently would be decidedly expensive, and it is probable that in ad- dition to raising the dam thereby increasing the depth and volume of the water oth- CT measures such as shading the edges of the pool, areating and Altering the water, would be necessary. Altogether this would necessitate the expendi- ture of a large amount of capi- tai. It might secure water al- most equal to spring water if the capital could be raised.
 Why Not Take the Springwater
 Nature Offers?
 Nature offers Williams spring water at a smaller cost than that at which good water could be secured thru enlareing the city reservoir. Why not take the spring water?
 Practically speaking, the nu- nicipal wells yield spring water, and these offer the key to the solution of the towns water problem. Each of the munici- pal wells is dug where once a spring was in evidence. The water from these wells is just about all that the people of Will Hams have had to use for the past few months. The only fault with this supply is it's inadequacy. Given a sufficient supply of the same grade of wa ter, and Williams would have water that would make her the envy of all the towns along the line no exceptions. No ether town along the Santa Fe in all Northern Arizona has an ADEQUATE A supply of water as good as this.
 Where The Spring Water
 Is Found
 Just where to tap the source of supply should be determined | by an expert, but it is known that a large supply of water could be secured from springs south of town. These springs are several hundred feet above the town-sufficient to give a good gravity flow. The exact i location of the wells and how best to bring the water to town are problems for an expert. Anyone but an expert would be apt to make costly mistakes.
 Some may urge that .the1 springs south of town would be I likely to dry up or to get too low in dry years, to supply the town. The fact, that these springs ran freely thru the re- cent dry weather would make i that seem unlikely. However one of the first steps taken by an expert would be to deter mine the volume of flow from the various springs and it's pos sible development. A storage reservoir might be a good in vestment in the future in or der to have good supply on hand for dryer seasons. but for he present it is probable that a much cheaper plan would serve Iuite satisfactorily. Once de tI,4 ~I, ]