OTTAWA’S WATER SUPPLY
Description of the Water Works of the Canadian Capital City—High Per Capita Consumption Attributed to Number of Government Buildings—New Pumping Plant, Placed in Operation in 1917—Overland Piping System
THE city of Ottawa is the capital of the Dominion and has a population of about 120,000. The redistribution system contains over 190 miles of cast iron mains, ranging in size from 3 inches to 36 inches inclusive. The daily consumption per capita is 175 gallons. This rate is extremely high but is attributed to the large number of government buildings and parks, which are not on meter. The city is now rapidly installing meters on all the larger services and is also conducting rigid pitometer surveys throughout the city with the aid of which the civic officials anticipate reducing this high consumption. The commissioner of works is A. F. Macallum, t F., past president of the American Society of Municipal Improvements and the water works engineer is W. E. MacDonald, who is a member of the American Water Works Association and the New England Water Works Association. He has direct charge over all matters pertaining to the management and maintenance of the water works department.
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