. Journal of the New England Water Works Association . ouse which may join the district if they so elect. There are also severalother municipalities which may desire to take water from the districtand which may properly be supplied therefrom under the terms of the GOODNOUGH. 221 Mel ropolitan water ad. While neither Worcester nor the other municipal-ities outside the present limits of the Metropolitan Water District aremembers of that district, they nevertheless have substantial claims upon awater supply from or in connection with the district, and it is essential thattheir possible requiremen
. Journal of the New England Water Works Association . ouse which may join the district if they so elect. There are also severalother municipalities which may desire to take water from the districtand which may properly be supplied therefrom under the terms of the GOODNOUGH. 221 Mel ropolitan water ad. While neither Worcester nor the other municipal-ities outside the present limits of the Metropolitan Water District aremembers of that district, they nevertheless have substantial claims upon awater supply from or in connection with the district, and it is essential thattheir possible requirements shall be taken into account in any considerationof the future water supply of the Metropolitan Water District. It is notpracticable, however, within the limits of this paper to consider except in thebriefest way the possible needs and requirements of the municipalities notnow connected with the Metropolitan Water District but which are likelyto require a water supply from the district in some future time. WORCESTER POPULATION and WATER CONSUMPTION. 90 |80 570 < 1890 1900 19(0 1920 1930 1940 1950 I960 1970I )i veil \\i No. 1.). 222 proposed extension of metropolitan water district. Water Supply of the City of Worcester. First in importance among the municipalities requiring considerationin this connection is the city of Worcester which has grown steadily formany years and in which the per capita consumption of water has beenincreasing quite rapidly in spite of the fact that more than 90 per cent of theservices have been metered for the past 26 years. These results, togetherwith the estimated population and water consumption are shown in diagramNo. 15. An investigation for an additional water supply for the city of Wor-cester was made by a special commission of that city under the authorityof Chapter 176 of the Acts of the year 1918 and a report of that commissionis printed as Senate Document No. 346 of the year 1920. This report pre-sents in some detail the results of stud
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