METERAGE
The work of setting meters in Kaukauna, Wis., is going on steadily.
A 30,000 gallon leak in the Dayton, O., water mains was discovered by A. B. Murphy, in charge of a pitometer survey and represented an annual loss to the city of $876. The leak was in a main near Idylwild.
Of the total water consumption of 636,516,614 gallons for the yeaar 1913 in Woburn, Mass., 87,216,850 gallons passed through meters, being 13.7 per cent. Sixty-six new meters were added during the year, 181 meters in all being in use.
金斯顿的, N. C. water and light department estimates the per capita water consumption there at 12 1/2 gallons per day. About 150,000 gallons a day are used by the 12,000 people within the corporate limits. This is in the face of the fact that sewerage is required in every home and that nearly every Kinstonian is a user of the public supply. The strict meter system, a reasonable rate, and the fact that little of the city’s supply is used for steam, are given as factors in the smallness of Kinston’s water consumption.
Through the pitometer survey of the Dayton, O., water system another leak, causing a loss of approximately 50,000 gallons daily, has been discovered. It was found on River street, and was caused by the breaking of a brass ferule at the connection of the service pipe at the property of a florist. The water from the pipe had washed out a hole under the pavement, it is said, about 4 feet deep and 6 feet in diameter. When the pick was thrust through the pavement the water burst through the orifice to a considerable height.
In order to give the citizens of Wilmington. Del., a clearer idea for the necessity of the installation of meters, the Water Department is sending letters to each house where a meter is set. There are two circulars. One is to be hung on a hook beside the meter and it contains a cut which illustrates the different size leaks. It also tells how much water is wasted through the leaks and what it costs to the city. Before starting the work of setting the meters the men leave the circulars with the occupants of the house. The smaller circular informs the citizens what it costs to deliver a ton of water and compares it with the cost of a ton of coal or ice.
