Show cites fresh water due to american ingenuity resourcefulness of an american will give aden arabia a supply of fresh water for the arst time in its history III tory heretofore the hie only supply tor or drinking and household purposes la the settlement has been distilled sea water many attempts have been made to obtain frosli fresh water in recent years flat but not until last february lebr uary when an american well driller lii in the employ of the bombay government succeeded in tapping nn an underground r reservoir eser voir has a supply adequate for the needs of aden been baen obtained the american erected a large mod ern drill at sheikh othman Ot liman a village on tile the arabian mainland and connected with aden miles mile 11 anway aw Y by a narrow isthmus dad and bored until witter water wai struck the present plan Is to pipe the water lato aden and store it in reservoirs for distribution to the city an adequate water supply and sewerage system eventually will be installed |