Show NORTH STATE RESIDENTS COMPlAIN THAT MR WATER IN DISTRICT IS SHORT City Department Heads Say Says This s Is Due to Running Taps Wasting fasting Fluid 1 The cr cry of oC water shortage has been rals raised d again Each year ear about this season season sea Rca son or a a. little later the elt city is flooded with complaints of short supply In various various various vari vari- ous sections The first cr cry this year came camo yesterday when A. A P. P Kesler appeared appeared ap ap- ared representing representing- property owners in the thc X N. State street tl et district and complained that there Is a n. serious shortage there thele Other Othel complaints complaint have ha reached theS the S water department from the Capitol hill hm district t. t but a as j yet ct no call for tor more water has como come from any an section of or the city and tho the water department nt hopes hopes' to relieve c conditions b by stopping unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual drains upon the distributing system ss s's system tem through h its alleged reckless and wasteful habit of or letting taps run to get cool water It is estimated b by the thc w t water r department department depart depart- ment that millions of oC gallons of water t are aro wasted waste In this wa way It Is claimed that tn in in practically practical every ery office building building build build- I I ing InK and private residence In the city It is a J. J regular habit to leave leil the taps running to keep cool water for drinking drinking drink drink- In ing and the result is that several millions of or gallons of or water IB is wasted each day Only yesterday complaint was made to the city city b by three big office buildings in the city that the tho seers sowers ore bacI backIng back back- in Ing up Into ito the time buildings l' l An Investigation investigation showed ve that more more water than the capacity of or the sewers was as being turned into them from Crom the buildings building thus causing the overflow This excess of supply Is IB alleged to have ha como come from open taps allowed to run to get cool water There Is no shortage e of or supply from the city's s water sources as is H shown b by the water engineers engineer's records The available a supply from rom all sources is gallons a day and tho average average aver aver- a age e consumption per da day has been heen 23 for Cor more than a 3 month past showing showing- a largo 1310 excess s of available a supply 11 The rho trouble as explained by the officials official of ot- Is that the distributing capacity of or the wat water r system is limited and when whon an abnormal drain is made mad upon the system by running taps tap the capacity capacity capac capac- it ity is overtaxed o Pres Pressure at tho the water headquarters yesterday was only about 90 pounds while th the normal is from Crom to pounds This reduction in pressure ure is attributed to running taps Under tinder the new ordinance it is a ml misdemeanor demeanor to lo waste water In this way an and a a. force of inspectors has been sent out to arrest arrest arrest ar ar- ar- ar rest those found round wasting WI writer water te Complaint was made by Kesler that contractors are permitted to open hydrants hy hy- h hydrants and let them run indiscriminate tc 1 ly y The city commission decided to stop this and the water commissioner announced to the time North orth State representative representative c that the department would I rush rust t the be n new W connection with t the hl high h line to rolle relieve e conditions condition in the northern I section of or the elt city |