The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-14
SANITARY ENGINEER
bAVONE TO CONFER
With PLANT CHIEFS
Heads Of Municipal Pumping
Stations to Organize in
First Annual Session
Low SUPPLIES COMING UP
Sedimentation, Filtration and
Colonization to Be Subjects
Of Talks by Experts

North Dakota is to be organized for
conservation and treatment Of its
water rcsourccs. for installment of
water plants and for disposal Of sew
age with reference to sanitation. at q
two-day meeting at the Hotel Prince
here, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The meeting for discussion Of the
water and scwS age subjects and for
organization OF all municipal and
state officials who have to deal with
|thcsctwomunicipal functionsh has been
called by A. L. Bavonc. sanitary cnRi-
necr or the state health department.
It Is the first state meeting OF the
kind ever called here. as Engineer Ba-
vonc has been with the health depart
ment only a year and has been occu-
pied IN that time In organizing his
bureau and preparing for this state
| wide step to deal with these dual
needs and problems Of most Of tho
cities and towns in Forth Dakota.
will Discuss Potable Supplies
The near water famine that men,
sced the state up to the time OF the
recent rains and still threatens IN
some quarters makes the meeting
pertinent. Engineer Bavone will in
cluds that phase Of the situation n
his conference. though originally wa
ter and sewerage were to be consid-
cred mainly from the sanitary stand
point.
a great many towns are using raw
water from their streams for potable
purposes and the sanitary engineer
has had scdimentation, filtration and
|chlorination installations In view as
protective means against possible
bacterial infection. All these goals
are to be taken up In the conference
|program OF papers and talks.
on the social side Of the meeting
there will be an informal dinner at
$50. Tuesday evening, at the Prince.
A round table will be conducted along
with this.
The sessions will end Wednesday
afternoon with organization OF q
water and sewerage conference. which
viii devote itself to the water and
sewerage problems Of the states COM
munities and will hold annual meet
ings. About 50 heads Of watcrworks
and sewerage plants are expected to
be here and to enroll with tho
permanent conference to be organ
lied.
Leading Speakers to Appear
The conference will assemble at the
Prince at . o'clock. Tuesday morning.
for registration. At 10 an address Of
welcome will be made by Mayor A. p.
Lenhart and q discussion as to fu-
turc conferences will be opened BY
Engineer Bavone. With the appoint
ment OF committees the forenoon scs-
sion will recess for luncheon. and In
the afternoon the speaking and read
Ing Of papers will open.
The outstanding speakers will be
Dean E. F. Chandler, head OF the
school Of engineering at the Univers-
ity OF North Dakota: r. E. Kennedy.
Of Bismarck. state engineer. who has
been making = survey OF the Mis-
souri, and other streams on water and
flood phases and is able to give the
conference much information on the
notable water supply problem sup
posed to have threatened the. state
the summer drouth; and
oeoree A. johnson. Of the Wallace
Herman company, OF Minneapolis, q
chlorinixation expert.
G. 8. Childs Of the Flax company Of