ACUTE WATER SHORTAGE IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO
Fire and Water Works News of this Section—New Pumpers and Other Improvements for Several Municipalities—Other Important Items of Both Fields
MANY towns in Southwestern Ohio are experiencing an acute water shortage. In that section of the State, conditions are not particularly favorable for the use of underground supplies, and the surface developments have failed, due to the long continued drouth. At Blanchester the reservoir was entirely exhausted, and domestic consumption entirely discontinued for several weeks, fifty thousand gallons being held in an elevated tank for fire purposes; the town expects to develop an entire new source of supply before the next dry season. At Wilmington domestic pressures have been reduced to twenty pounds and domestic consumption curtailed in every possible way. At Washington Court House the Paint Creek supply has entirely failed, and the only source of supply is from air and dug wells, which are not adequate, pressures throughout the business district being reduced, so that no water is available above the first floors. About one million gallons of water is held for emergencies. The Layne-Ohio Company have started developments that are expected to produce an additional supply of one and a half million gallons per day.
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