Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-02-06
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
New Facilities Rid Chardon of Shortages

serve the water level, but could
be put into operation If neceS-
Sary.
Complete standby equipment
is set up in storage and can
very rapidly be placed on any
of the villages wells in short
period of time if some emer-
gency should arise.
Results of tests conducted for
short periods Of time indicate
the village system is capable of
pumping a half billion gallons of
water a year. During the larg-
est sales year on record - 1855
- the village pumped around
80 million gallons, only a frac-
ton of capacity.
e. Water is pumped from the
Woodiebrook and Truman fields
to the 100 foot standpipe behind
the village hall through 12-inch
mains which run up South St.,
also installed in 1854.
Most all water provided by
the village passes through the
Standpipe. Exceptions are few
homes on South st. which re-
ceive water directly from the
main line.
Water flows from the stand
pipe to the homes and industries
which buy it through a system
of underground pipes which has
been expanded and enlarged in
recent years. While only a de-
cade ago a four inch line was
standard in the village, mini
NUNS now are set at six to
eight inches.
In addition to the South st.
line, IL inch mains run from the
standpipe to a place in front Of
the Geauga Theater and along
Washington st. in front of the
industrial plants. Plans are to
eventually extend the Washing
ton ST. line to Water ST., and
then up the hill to connect with
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the standpipe.
The e standpipe itself holds
233 900 gallons of water, a lit
tie less than the village uses in
one day. The water level in the
huge vat varies from a mini
mum of go feet to a maximum
of SO feet.
A light which burns constant
ly in the office of Village Clerk
Jennie G.. Davidson is rugged to
begin flashing if water in the
Standpipe varies beyond the set
minimum and maximum levels.
At the first flashing Mrs. Dav-
idson checks the pressure gauge
in the fire station just below her
office, and then alerts mainten-
ance men to adjust the system
accordingly.
Mrs. Davidson says Sundays,
W h e n schools and industrial
plants are closed, is the day on
which the least water is used
Monday is usually the high day
in the week, with plants using
mores water as they reopen and
housewives doing their washing.
The only pumps in the system
are those on the wells. Water is
taken from the standpipe to
consumers in the village by
gravity.
Also active in this expansion
program was Wesley Black, who
held a seat on the board from
1954-56.
DISPOSAL of water and sew
age is a task also handled by
the Board of Public Affairs. The
use, in recent years, Of more
labor-saving devices which re-
quire more water - such as
garbage diSpoSals and automat-
ic washers = have increased the
amount of sewage, making ex-
panSion in that area necessary
also, according to Allyn.
After a state ruling which pro-
hibited the dumping of sewage
into creeks and rivers, tn e
board began planning for the
construction of a new disposal
plant for the village. This was
completed in 1855 at a cost of
$4,000.
The treatment plant, located
at the foot of N. Hambden ST., is
equipped to serve a village of
$500, but can inexpenSively be
adapted to serve a community
twice that size, Allyn said.
Like the water system, no
pumps are used in the sewage
system either. Waste flows by
force of gravity through a net
work of pipes which was con-