The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-09-23
MANY PROBLEMS ARE INVOLVED
in CITY-0WNED WATER PLANT.
|MANDAN'S EXPERIENCE REVEALS

Second 667 cubic feet or fraction
thereof, 26l-2 cents per 100 cub;'
feet. ~.
Second 1888 cubic feet or fraction
thereof 22l-2 cents per 100 cubic
feet. -.
Third 1888 feet or fraction there
Of, q cena; per 100 cubic feet.
Fourth 1888 cubic feet or fraction
thereof 1894 cents per 100 cubic
feet.
Fifth 1888 feet or fraction thereof
Is cents per 100 cubic feet.
Second 6,6G7 cubic feet or fraction
thc,ty lila cents per 100 cubic
feet.
Water rates. from May 18th to Octo-
ber 18th used on lawns, trees and
gardens IL cents per 100 cubic feet
over and above average consumption
Of water. used from October 18th to
May 18th, provided that the first 33a
cubic feet shall be charged at the
rate of 80 cents per 100 feet with
a minimum charge of $1.OO
The rates in Bismarck prior to the
So per cent increase we're: First 400
cubic feet, 81 1-2 cents; balance, 81
cents per hundred cubic feet.
Consumption Expansion.
The c0nsumptioh Of water in Man.
dan is greatly below that in Bis
marck.. The Bismarck Water COM
pany states that the consumption for
the last year was 24O,0Oo,0o0 gallons
while the consumption in Mandan
during 1921 was SJ,191,l15. There
is shown q marked increase in the
consumption in Mandan during tht
summer time The consumption by
months in 1921 in Mandan is as fol-
lows. January, 100000; February
5,446, 900; March. 5,502,OOO; April, o.
7O2, 900; May, 4,327,820; June, G,6ls,-
700; July, 9,4s6,O95; August, 1885,
600; September, 7,452,50O; October
7,245,OOO; November, 6,682,50O; De-
cember, G,822,5OO The Bismarck
Water company says its increased
consumption during the three sum-
mer months is about 40 per cent.
For the year ending August 81
1921, water rentals in Mandan were
s15,193.62; taxes for the plant, $l,'
900; expenses, $14,594.10
The water used in Mandan comes
from the Missouri river. The intake
being about two miles north OF the
Northern Pacific railroad bridge. TIE
water il pumped into settling basin,
and from there into large reser'
voir on the top of hill which is
higher than any building in handa'
It flows into another reservoir o:
we'll, and then is distributed through
out the city by gravity pressure. N;
"booster pump" is used. The fire
pressure generally is satisfactory
according to the water commissioner
alth hough the pressure is, not as goot
as he would like to have it. The
pressure, he said, is about seventy
pounds.
Complaints Are Made.
Asked regarding complaints o.
water, officials sad that there arf
complaints in Mandan against th'
water in the spring and sometimes
during the June rise when the tur
bidity of the watsr increases mater
ially. The records of Edwin Stanton
of Bismarck, of the state public
health laboratories, were sought 1ol
an official report on the Mandar
water.
Three reports, August 25, Angus
81 and Sept. 2, stated that one 3
Col. was found in the water and thf
bacterial content was respectively
444O and S.. The turbidity of run
ming water was 25 to 80 parts pei
million. Mr.. Stanton's report salt
"this is pretty good for plant witt
only settling BASIN" Reports OF
Sept. and II showed decrease II
bacterial content and no B. Coli.
Mr. Stanton said the water wa:
relatively clear, with no indication:
that the water should be boiled. Inc
water is treated with chlorine, tn
same as in the Bismarck plant.
Report, for August IL, 2l and 70
reported no presence of B. Coli or
the first test and one in the secont
| and third test; Bacillus Coli is one
of the bacillus of the intestine
group to which typhoid belongs. The
report of Mr Stanton for this
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