Evening star., 1941-10-30
Outlay Of S1,1O2,150
For Wafer Needs in
Arlington Urged
War Building Will Use
About Third Of Supply,
House Hearing Told
Continued From First Pages

school projects included the District
budget officer, Walter l.. Fowler; the
corporation counsel, Richmond B.
Keech; Col Bardon, and Edwin A.
Schmitt. principal engineer for the
Engineers Office; Stephen T. Porter,
chief engineer of the Fire Depart
ment; Humphrey Beckett, superin-
tendent of the water department;
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of District schools; Robert L. Hay
cock, first assistant superintendent;
A. w. Heinmiller, assistant Superin-
tendent in charge of the schools
budget, and G. c. Wilkinson, first
assistant superintendent in charge
of colored schools.
The water projects which the sub
committee were told are urgently
needed, including the necessity for
fire protection, were six new filters
at the Dalecarlia plant, $570,5 500; a
3Q-inch gravity main from Anacos-
tia avenue to Firth Stirling and
Stevens road, $230000; a 24-inch
main, for the Anacostia first high
area from the reservoir to Nichols
avenue, S273 900, and for new pumps
at the Dalecarlia plant on the Ar
lington third high area, $28, $50.
Need Declared Urgent.
Col Bardon, who is in charge OF
the District water supply and dis
tribution, said the population al
ready is in excess of the normal
growth by 0C,000, and increasing
at the rate of about 5000 per month.
Studies are being made now on what
the water needs will be for the esti-
mated population in 1860.
The Mcmillan filtration plant, Col
Bardon said, yields approximately
5000 900 gallons per day and the
Dalecarlia plant 100000. The six
new filters at the Dalecarlia plant
are estimated to yield 24,000, 900 per
day. In the past month, he said,
there have been 80 or more times
when the water demand reached the
full capacity land at one time for
five successive days. so that there
is immediate necessity TO increase
the capacity.
Col. Bardon explained that the
Dalecarlia plant supplies Arlington
County as well as all the higher
areas Of Washington
Chairman Hunter questioned
whether Arlington County should
not get a grant direct from the Fed
eral Works Administration, and Col
Bardon explained that Arlington
County has only a distribution sys-
TEN and a law of Congress provides
that the District water system shall
provide the water
Districts Best Customer.
Arlington County is the best cash
customer for water the District has,
said Engineer Schmitt.
The new War Department Build
ing will consume about third
of the water supplied to Arlington
County, he said, and added that the
new air-conditioned building will
make bigger demand than any of
the Federal buildings in Washing
ton.
Answering questions. he said there
is no serious engineering problems
IN getting the water supply to Ar
hngton, but that 1t will require a
new main much larger than the one
that broke recently.
1T Is extremely urgent that funds
be promptly allowed for this work, u
said Col. Barden,- "and most appro-
pirate that they should come under
the Federal grant for defense areas.
Fire Chief Porter testified that so
far he has experienced no difficulty
in getting adequate water in cases
of fire.
Main to Cost $780, 900.
Supt. Beckett of the Water De-
partment explained the need for the
30-inch gravity main. to cost $780,
900, to supply Boiling Field, the
Naval Air Station, the Naval Re-
serve Laboratory and the Naval
Housing Project at Bellevue.
Anacostia. he said, several times
last summer barely missed being
without water.
Representative Hebert, Democrat
of Louisiana drew from the witness
a statement that there were q dozer
days, starting as far back as last
May, when this AnacoStia area was
without fire protection except from
chemical engine. Budget Oficel
Fowler explained that District OFF,