Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-24
U.S.FundU
For $50 Million
Sewer Program
Report Cites Need
To Abute River
Pollution in City

oSNAAAAS Vail AOA
Federal financing of $50 million
worth of sewers to abate river
pollution in Washington has
been Endorsed in principle by the
Commissioners Public Works
Review Committee.
This extra protection" for the
Potomac and AnacoStia Rivers
was urged by District Sanitary
Engineering Director David Y.
Aud. The l5-man citizen review
committee announced in its re-
port released today that it was
convinced of the need as re-
Elected in the program outlined
by Mr.. Aud"
Within the next six years, the
program pinpoints storm and
sanitary sewage systems to be
built at cost of S33,053, 300
Construction would be geared to
the Districts highway plan for
an 'innerloop" circling the
downtown business section. &C
cording to Everett j. Boothby.
who headed a committee task
force assigned to outline storm
sewage construction for city
fathers. His group also stressed
the weight and balance" of
Mr.. Auld's sewer work to pollu-
ton abatement in the Nation S
Capital.
Funds Not FOreSeeable
After Xxx years. required funds
Of $50 million are not foresee-
able. Mr. Aud contended.
He recommended handing to
Congress a Federal financing
plan for removing river filth
and relieving Rock Greek Park
fioocing.
Federal financing would APP
pear to be completely justified in
view Of the special significance
Of this as the Federal City" Mr.
Aud noted. .. Protecting
Rock Greek Park from mixed
overflows Of stormwater and
sewage could not by any stretch
Of the imagination be justified
as a wholly municipal under
taking"
The $50 million was an esti-
mate Of Mr. Auld's Board Of En-
glneers. which has been studying
the lnadequacies of the COM
blned storm ana sanitary sewers
under the old city for three
years. The board is composed of
private engineering consultants
Gus Requart, Frank Morriston
and Samuel Greeley.
Their report. still in draft
form. is not firm in detail, Mr.
Aud noted.
Three Alternate Plans
But he said it presented three
alternate plans for building a
new network of separate storm
and sanitary sewers and for en-
larging the present overcharged
system.
The citizen review committee
recognized such building as valid
TO meet the needs Of Washing
tonians up TO the year 1000. But
it stressed the priority program
of sewage system construction
recommended for the next six
years.
These storm sewer needs were
divided into IL projects. Work
has begun on SIX. Sections OF
each of the IL would be COM
pleted year by year until 1864
under the committee recommen-
dalton.
Projects Under Way
Already under way are:
West Rock Greek extensions
costing S46 million TO relieve
local flooding such as occurs
during storms in the vicinity OF
Nevada and Nebraska avenues in
Chevy Chase. There. a new con-
dult 3 feet in diameter to Rock
Creek Park, with smaller lateral
lines on higher ground, will be
lpniiirpd
East Rock Greek extensions
costing S63 million to provide
street drainage. Typical of flood
ing to be relieved are puddles
several feet deep that collect in
the vicinity of Third. Sheridan
and Rittenhouse streets NV
There, a conduit is needed from
Fifth and Hamilton streets to
Blair road and Aspen street.
West Anacostia River storm
water extensions to cost S3.l
million, such as the project along
Michigan avenue NE. between
Randolph and Webster streets
Now. water flows like a small
river in Michigan avenue, Mr.
Aud noted.
East AnacoStia River extern
sions totaling $8.8 million tC
divert such flooding as the oper
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