皮茨菲尔德的供水没有错。
During the late drought many outside of Pittsfield, Mass., formed a wrong impression as to the supply of water at that city, and, because the city’s board of public works took some extra pains to be on the safe side, the report went out that a water famine was imminent, if, indeed, it did not already exist. There was no danger even of an approach to scarcity, and on October 23, during a somewhat serious fire, there was plenty of water for the use of the firemen (who, it may be added, did very good work on the occasion). Even if the drought had not been broken, the city had water enough to last for fortyfive days. The system has been greatly improved during the past few years and has now four separate and distinct supplies from which to draw. Yet, though these are distinct, they are all so connected that “each reservoir will add to the storage supply, in case it is not needed for immediate use. In addition to these supplies, the mains can be connected at short notice with two large lakes on separate watersheds, by means of the force-pumps at mills near the outlets of these lakes. It was in order to make use of the supplies at one of these lakes that the city council took action authorising the board of public works to incur any necessary expense for operating the pumps, in case there should be a demand for it. It was simply a matter of precaution, and not of necessity."
During the late drought many outside of Pittsfield, Mass., formed a wrong impression as to the supply of water at that city, and, because the city’s board of public works took some extra pains to be on the safe side, the report went out that a water famine was imminent, if, indeed, it did not already exist. There was no danger even of an approach to scarcity, and on October 23, during a somewhat serious fire, there was plenty of water for the use of the firemen (who, it may be added, did very good work on the occasion). Even if the drought had not been broken, the city had water enough to last for fortyfive days. The system has been greatly improved during the past few years and has now four separate and distinct supplies from which to draw. Yet, though these are distinct, they are all so connected that “each reservoir will add to the storage supply, in case it is not needed for immediate use. In addition to these supplies, the mains can be connected at short notice with two large lakes on separate watersheds, by means of the force-pumps at mills near the outlets of these lakes. It was in order to make use of the supplies at one of these lakes that the city council took action authorising the board of public works to incur any necessary expense for operating the pumps, in case there should be a demand for it. It was simply a matter of precaution, and not of necessity."
