Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Universal Metering of Chicago's Water Supply: The Need for It, What It Would Accomplish
The Chicago Water Works is pumping an average of 260 gallons of water daily for every man, woman, and child in the city. This is about twice as much water per person as most other American cities find ample to sup ply their requirements. Cleveland and Milwaukee, lake cities where conditions of supply and distribution are similar to those in Chicago, and where universal meter ing prevails, have a daily pumpage of less than 125 gal lons per person. And their service is much better than ours.
Not more than half the water pumped in Chicago is ever really used. The other half is lost through waste and leakage. This loss is due to leaks in the pumps, in the mains and service pipes, and in house plumbing. It is due also in some cases to either careless or wilful waste on the part of consumers. Meters are proposed as a means of locating and checking so far as practicable this loss of water which is of no use to any one. They are not intended to discourage the use of water in abundance, and experience in other cities shows that they do not in fact discourage such use.
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