Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-11
Water Company
President Files
Report To Mayor


ter Company, that the water is still
pure spring water OF high quality.
and. il it could be brought to the city
in the same pure state that ii comes
down the streams, il would be ac-
ceptable to everyone.
Il, with the Engineer. Mr.. Engle.
made trip up the stream two days
after the heavy rains in May. and al
though the North Basin, through
which all water has 10 pass, looked
like a mud pond. we found the water
coming down the streams as clear
and bright as If there had been no
rain for months. At the end of the
streams this clear. pure water was
met by the accumulation of surface
water that had come down during the
heavy rains and become a part of the
turbid water which filled the North
Basin. This water is allowed to
settle for over a week, turned into
the Settling Basin from which it goes
into the Pumping Pool. and then
pumped into the reservoirs. Even af-
ter all this settling the water was not
Of the best quality. If 1t had been
possible to turn the clear water
from the streams into the Settling
Basin instead of the North Basin. we
would have had no trouble with dis
colored water The North Basin
could then have been allowed TO set
tie and held in reserve for any emer-
gency =
Morton. Bird and Whitman's re-
daily yield for the entire year, in the
dryest year. is about 0.79 c. f. s. per
square mile. or 1.760 900 gallons per
"a hours 1t can be seen from this
report that if the clear water was
piped direct 20 the Settling Basin
there would be enough to run the city
at present, except possibly in time Of
drought without using the impound-
ed water in the North Basin This,
believe. could be accomplished by the
building of another small dam fur
Their up stream as clear water basin
and pipe the water down to the clear
water Reservoir Settling Basin).
THE cost of this work should not
be over $4,000 or $4,000 4
Norton, Bird and Whitman in their
report on spages26 writing of Bacon
Ridge Stream, say: We estimate the
cost of this work, including pumping
stations and pipe lines, with allow
anee for engineering, contingencies
and, contractors profits, will be
s1GI ,00O This does not include cost
OF land and right-of-ways' This
would yield one million gallons per
day.
From this report it can be seen
that for the expenditure OF SOL 900,
plus the costs Of land and right-of-
ways, there could be turned into our
present streams about 100000 gal
Ions of water per day, which with our
present supply of 100000 gallons.
would give a supply of 2,760.000 gal
Ions, or enough to supply the con
sumers of wafer with plenty pure wa
Ter for some time to come, without
going 10 the expense of building i'm
pounding dams to store surface water
10 the amount of 4,000.0000 and then
build filtration plants to clear ii after
il has been made muddy. Norton Bird
and Whitman's estimate is 1888 to
build impounding dam and $49,50 to
build filtration plant, total of $172,-
S95. The only increase in supply
VIII be by impounding surface water.
IL don't believe that the cost of
operating the pumps to pump the wa
er from the Bacon Ridge Dam will
De much greater than to operate FL
ters to clear the impounded water.
Norton. Bird and Whitman, page
ID of report. estimates the water
necessary TO supply Annapolis, Naval
Academy. Eastport. Germantown and
West Annapolis at 100000 gallons
)er day. 1t can be seen that to dam
md filter the present water supply.
with no increase except in surface
water. will cost S172.S95. while to
get the Bacon Ridge Stream. which
when added to the present supply
will give sufficient water for Anna
polls. Naval Academy. Germantown.
Eastport and West Annapolis for
some time to come at cost of SOL
700. plus land and right-of- and
/ believe if properly piped to the
pumps will need no filtering, as it
will be pure, clear water. filtered in
he streams as il comes down.
There has been installed at the
pumping station a new boiler at a
cost of SS.0S1.50 The boiler is Civ
jag satisfaction
by the grading of the road
through the property at the water
works, we were compelled to lower
our pipes. the cost of which was
s1.0065S.
The reservoirs have been emptied,
,leaned, and examined by DR.. Joyce.
he City Health officer. and the East
Ill