Show CLOSE INVESTIGATION OF WASTE WATER SHOULD BE MADE George M. M Bacon civil engineer In discussing the water problem today said The problem confronting the elt city as regards scarcity o of water wate can be approached approached ap ap- op- op from tram two very different standpoints Its solution may he be reached by an adequate Increase of oC re resource resources resources re- re sources source or an advance toward solution he 10 e made by careful consideration of present pr conditions To outline with precision the steps necessary nr in either cither case ease requires a knowledge e of local conditions conditions con con- possessed by only a limited few hut but ut man many features of or th the second case cae are met with In waterworks practice of at large o argo cities Sources of Waste Every student of economics kno knows know's s 's that hat what Is wn wasted ted Is expensive not what wh Is used More attention Is given each year 1 to sources of or waste and anel more thought to Its curtailment Careful In Investigation In- In has hag led certain Eastern cities to adopt on a large scale the meter system The Tho case casc here Is IC In some respects respect far from parallel and the wholesale adoption ado ado- I lon tion of meters would b be a n questionable move at present It Is manifest that comparisons of per capita consumption figures cannot be relied up upon n to give much Information as the arid condl- condl thins Ions here do not obtain in an any of ot the cities east of the the the cities most frequently quoted for por Rough Bough Comparison Figures from some of oC the largest cities might be he used rough comparison compari compari- son Ion as the water used In manufacturIng log Ing ng and mercantile ways In some degree offsets that used here lucre for tor Irrigation But Dut reference is made to these cases to show the value placed on curtailing waste and the trouble and expense Undergone under undergone un un- der one to attain that end It is plain therefore that no scheme of or relief relict will be he complete which does not embody the results of a thorough in investigation investigation In- In of oT the m matter of waste In Inthe Inthe the thc same measure that we owe to the future an Increase of our resources do dowe dowe dowe we owe to tho the present the proper husbanding husbanding hus hus- banding of what we have |