Evening star., 1922-08-16
WATER USED DAILY
63,71Q,0D0 GALLONS
Mai. Tyler Reports lao GAL
Ions Per Capita Average
Consumption Each Day.
LOWEST RECORD IN YEARS
Capacity of System Severely Over
taxed-Much Progress in
Checking Waste.

Residents of the DlstTlct VI >o
bia. estimated to number 454,o2o' useu
an average of 63,71o,OOo gallons OF
filtered water every twentS-iouf
hours in the fiscal year ended June
40 last. which is at the. rate OF lAo
gallons a day for each inhabitant' ac-
cording to Mai. Max c. Tyler. the
United States engineer oHlcer !"
charge of the District water supply
system in his annual report to the
War Department. .,,t
Figures are submitted to show that
tho safe capacity of the system mas
been exceeded for the past three
years. and the approved pro5ecs! lo'
increasing the supply is detaiieo.
The District of Colum pa, say
Mai. Tyler sis dependent for IT'S wa
ter on single line of supply whien.
ON account of the amount OF water l,
is carrying, cannot be malhtaiheu
p-operiy. This condition cannot oe
improved until additional tacidl.les s
are provided A supplemental report
will be prepared in regard TO the
nroiect for increasing the water sup
Div, giving revised estimates OF cost:
sic. at the next regular SESSION Oh
Congress.
Water Improving Steadily.
Publication of the water during the
past year, he says. was very sa'iS
factory. with material decreases IN
,he average turbidity and in the bac-
terial content. J.,
The consumption or water an III
twenty four hours averaged e3.' lu;ovV
gallons during the fiscal year ls--.
The maximum daily consumption was
l6,46O,0o0 gallons in July. 1921, ana
the minimum daily consumption was
44730.O0O gallons in January. Otneo ea
high daily records were i'SVo'ooo ooo
gallons in August. 1921; 74.6lo.ooo
gallons in September; 14,S6O,0O0 gal
IONS in January, 1929: 74.730.OO0 gall
Ions in February; 10,340.0OO gallons
in May, and 72,5SO000 gallons in June.
Other low daily records were 52,o9o., ,
600 gallons in February. 1922, and
53,210.000 gallons in December, 1871.
Drop in Consumption.
The. daily average consumption OF
ss,T1O,O00 gallons for 1922 was less
than it was for the preceding three
years. In 1927 the daily average was
S449O,0OO gallons: in 1920 It was
SIS $50 900 gallons. and in 1919 it was
S5.260.o00 gallons. Prior to that the
from 56.43O,00O gallons in 1914. to
54.54o.0OO gallons in 1915. to ol,9lo,-
900 gallons in 1916. to 53.S1O.Oe0 in
1917 and to 62.670.000 gallons in 1918.
Based on an estimated population in
the District of Columbia ranging from
a53.297 in 1914, to 454,O26 in 1922, the
daily per capita consumption of 14O
gallons in 1922 was less than in any
year since 1914. The daily per capita
consumption record during that period
Ions. 1916. 1i5 gallons: 1917, l4s gal
ions: 1918. 15S gallons: 1919. le6 gal
Ions 1920. 147 gallons; 1921. 141 gal
Ions. and 1922, 14O gallons:
All the government buildings. the re-
port shows. make heavy drains on the
ieo,l o,,pply Of filtered water The
navy yard heads the list with an average
daily consumption of 1.76S,40O gallons,
the bureau Of engraving and printing
heing second, with 1,567,o0O gallons
cheretofore the heaviest consumer)
third. with 1.546.SO0 gallons day.
Other departments using considerable
filtered water and their average daily
consumption are:
Departments Heavy Users.
State, War and Navy. 100000 gallons:
Post Office, 100000 gallons: Geological
Park. 34S,000 gallons: Fort Meyer serv-
ice. 334. 500 gallons: Walter Reed Cen
eral Hospital. 100000 gallons: Agricul-
tural Department. $4,000 gallons;
United States Capitol 26S,000 gallons:
Senate office building. 10000 gallons;
House Office building. 100000 gallons:
Treasury Department and Soldiers
Home, each. 200 900 gallons. and Wash
ington barracks. 1890 gallons.
In compliance with special instruc-
tions from the President and the Sec
retary of War, the District engineer
inspected the various government
establishments in the District during
the past year with a view to prevent
ing avoidable waste and uneconomical
use of filtered water. and with the CO.
operation of the heads of departments
and independent establishments. con-
siderable saving in filtered water was
effected"
Mai. Tyler says that the total ex-
penditures on the entire system from
Great Falls to the ftration plant near
Soldiers Home to June 30 last were
s14,S2S,0s7, of which amount S11.493190
was expended for construction and S3,-
S34 .S9l for maintenance and operation