The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-13

The estimated cost Of the FAN
Greek and West Indianapolis inter
ceptor is 1925 and Of the Irving
ten and Pleasant Run interceptor
$167, 900. This amount is in addition
to the 81 500, 900 estimated cost of the
sewage disposal plant which will be
completed next summer.
Without rebuilding of interceptors,
Kurd today said sewage will run
directly into Fall Creek and Pleasant
Run creating nuisances and I'M
sanitary conditions in the neighbor-
hood The interceptors are to small.
Fall Creek ExtentiOn
He has suggested that the Fall
Creek interceptor be extended from
Twenty Eighth st. and Fail Creek
Blvd. west under White River above
the Belt Railroad bridge to join the
West Indianapolis interceptor at
This proposed interceptor would de-
liver sewage from the district north
of Fall Creek including Broad Ripple
and Riverside Park in addition to all
sewage from the district west Of
White River except a small flow in
Northwestern Ave, which is at
lower level and can be safely carried
through the present connection under
Fall Creek, Hurd said.
From Harding and Twenty Fourth
SITS, the sewage would be carried
down the west side of the river in an
interceptor built in 1906-1908 which at
present is not draining a sufficient
area to cause proper flow. This in
terceptor. of horseshoe design, is eight
| feet in height and twelve feet four
| inches wide. Reconstruction of this
sewer will be necessary in some
places, Hurd says, because it is fat,
resulting in little current flow, sept
zation and generation of noxious gases
and other unsanitary conditions.
Unequal InterceptOrs
The West Indianapolis interceptor,
although the largest, drains a small
area while he interceptor along Fall
i Creek Blvd. carries the greater per
centage of sanitary sewage and is
only six feet in diameter.
! Referring to the south side prob
! lem, Hurd points out 10 The hu ird
that establishment Of packi 1g indus
tries has greatly increased sewage
| flow in the past two or three years.
He has recommended that the Pleas
ant Ran interceptor serving the Dis
tricts be carried under the river and
due west to the sewage disposal
plant
Hurd estimates the sewage guam
titles from the various sections as
follows:
Broad Ripple and College Ave. district,
4.3 million gallons daily.
Fa Creek district, ~ million gallons daily.
daily.
Riverside, Q million gallons daily.
Bank Ave. 2.5 million gallons daily.
West Indianapolis. 8 million gallons daily.
Haughville, million gallons daily.
Total flow, 23.7 million gallons daily.
| -Irvington and Pleasant Run System
Pleasant Run district, 1872 million gallons
Bean Creek district, e.5 million gallons
daily
Raymond and Adler sts. g million gal
| Ions daily.
Total flow. 2O.3 million gallons daily.
Work Is Speeded Up
Meanwhile work is being speeded
on every department of the disposal
plant. The final connections will be
made and the plant will be put in
full operation next summer.
The sewage treatment will be a
combined system of partial clarified
ton by fine screens and rapid settling
followed by the activated sludge pro-
cess. A part of the system was de-
signed by Hurd personally, and will
be an exclusive feature of the In
dianapolis plant.
Engineers of international record
have praised the plant as the most
modern and scientific ever designed
From sewer gagings, it has been
estimated that the average dry
weather flow for the sanitary district
of Indianapolis will be so million
gallons daily for 1880, 81 million in
1910, and Y million by 1850, with
maximum day flows Of rs, SO and los
million gallons respectively. All IN
foreground structures can easily be
enlarger or extended to take care OF
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