| Show committee reports Report son on water situation the roosevelt Koo sevelt city council met monday evening in the city offices tire the water committee aporte d the difficulties wilch are bell 1 maintenance ot of 10 ered cred n the during the prolonged cold period 0 on d account of numerous bid bad bre breaks aks in the mains a and tire the fact that so muc much 11 water is being wasted to keep service lines open the city intake cistern is running rather low ani and the ir pressure in tire the mains thereby greatly te reduced method 3 of keeping the lines open were discussed at length and it was proposed that a steam boiler be procured and installed at the sead main in such a in manner anner as to inject super heated steam into the main r which would greatly the temperature pera ture e of the water running run ling in the lines temperature tests have been made which have shown tat a temperature pera ture of 40 to 41 degrees is being fairly well maintained in the larger mains while one reading taken at tire tile end of a dead end showed a temperature pera ture of 33 degrees A boiler has been located which will be of sufficient capacity to do the wok L i and it will be in investigated estimated V esti gated to ascertain the expense necessary lec essary to install it it is thought that this method will prevent the further freezing of mains and may help in keeping service lines open |
