Evening star., 1924-08-05
65,47Q,OOO GALLONS
WATER USED DAILY
Engineer in Charge of D. C.
System Reports Supply
and Consumption.

The average consumption of filter
ed water in the District of Columbia
during the fiscal year ended June 80,
says Maj. James A. O'Connor, the
United States engineer in charge of
the water supply system, in his annual
report to Maj. Gen. Taylor, chief of
engineers, was 65,470,000 gallons a
day, which, based on a population of
454,026, he says, represents an aver
age per capita consumption of l44
gallons day.
The maximum consumption in any
one day during the year was 76.600,-
900 gallons, in January last, and the
minimum daily consumption for the
year, 52,580,000 gallons, was in De-
cember. The highest average daily
consumption for one month was S.
10000 gallons, in July, 1923, and the
lowest was 62,47O, 900 gallons, in De-
cember last.
Maj. OConnor says that notwith-
standing the blowing out OF a 60
foot section Of the old conduit at
point above Cabin John Bridge June
II last. which was quickly repaired,
an uninterrupted supply OF water
was furnished the city of Washing
| ton during the entire year and the
normal capacity. The puritication of
the water has been very satisfactory,
he says.
Accompanying tables show that
| 1,384360 gallons is the average daily
consumption of filtered water at the
Washington Navy Yard, the Govern
ment Printing Office having fallen to
second place in that respect, with an
ayerage daily tSs GonsomptioG othe or sH9sni
establishments, the principal con-
sumers are the State, War and Navy
Building, with an average daily con-
sumption of 701,059 gallons; the Bu-
763,O77 gallons; theAgriculture De-
partment, 4S2,540 gallons, and the
Geological Park, 402.916 gallons. AL
together. the Government buildings
in the District consumed an average
of 9,761,741 gallons of filtered water
every day during the past fiscal year.
Respecting operations for increas-
ing the water supply, Maj. O'Connor
says the new conduit and all auxiliary
structures between the intake at
Great Falls and the Dalecarlia or re-
ceiving reservoir, at the District line,
will be completed during the coming
year and that 1t will then be possible
| to start making necessary repairs to
the old conduit
various works under contract, Maj.
O'Connor says that the intake cham
| Der and tunnel through the rocks at
Great Falls are 30.2 per cent COM
| pleted, the Dig concrete CONDUIT from
| the east end of the tunnel to a short
distance above the Anglers Club is
98.9 per cent completed; from that
point to Cabin John Bridge the con-
duit is Sis per cent completed, and
| from Cabin John Bridge to the Dale
carlia Reservoir it is 53.9 per cent
completed.
Progress also is reported on the
contracts for constructing the filtra-
ton plant and pumping station near
the Dalecarlia Reservoir and in the
lconstruction of the first high reser-
| voir on the hills north of the old
GEORGETOWN Reservoir and on the
second high reservoir, on high ground
north of Massachusetts, avenue and
west of Nebraska avenue. Contracts
will be entered into in a short time
for the construction of pipe lines and
short tunnels to connect both new
reservoirs with the distributing mains
of the city near the Brightwood Res
ervoir on Sixteenth street.
Congress already has appropriated
$4,700,000 for the new water supply
system, Of which $1,700,0O0 has been
expended to date, and it is estimated
that $4,46s, 900 In addition to the
balance on hand will be needed to
complete the entire project by Janu-
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