San Francisco water . lumeentitled The Future Water Supply of SanFrancisco, one of the most exhaustive re-ports of the kind ever compiled. He relinquished the position of SpringValleys chief engineer in 1914, but subse-quently rendered the company valuable ser-vice as a consultant during the Rate Case of1915-1917. Since 1914 Mr. Herrmann has engaged ingeneral practice as a consulting the water companies for which he hasacted are the East Bay, the San Jose, and theBenicia. He reconstructed the Modesto Irri-gation District, rebuilding the Dallas-War-ner dams and installing permane
San Francisco water . lumeentitled The Future Water Supply of SanFrancisco, one of the most exhaustive re-ports of the kind ever compiled. He relinquished the position of SpringValleys chief engineer in 1914, but subse-quently rendered the company valuable ser-vice as a consultant during the Rate Case of1915-1917. Since 1914 Mr. Herrmann has engaged ingeneral practice as a consulting the water companies for which he hasacted are the East Bay, the San Jose, and theBenicia. He reconstructed the Modesto Irri-gation District, rebuilding the Dallas-War-ner dams and installing permanent water-ways and structures throughout the system. He has been consulting engineer for theState of California in its Water Resourcesinvestigation, and for the State ReclamationBoard in the preparation of plans for floodcontrol in the Sacramento Valley. In thesame capacity he served the Jefferson County(Oregon) Conservancy District on the De-schutes River project, the San Joaquin River August, 1929 SAN FRANCISCO WATER. George A. Elliott Water Storage District, and the Kern RiverWater Storage District. He was one of threeengineers called upon to examine into thesafety of all Los Angeles City dams, follow-ing the failure of the St. Francis Dam. And to round out this list of Mr. Herr-manns major activities, he has just com-pleted a report on the Orange County floodcontrol project, a project that involves theconstruction of eight dams to cost sixteenmillion dollars. IV In 1914, when George A. Elliott succeededFred C. Herrmann as Chief Engineer, SpringValley Water Company had 63,016 serviceconnections. He has seen the number grow to107,146. The average daily consumption in1914 was thirty-eight million gallons—ithas increased to fifty millions. And he hasbuilt up the distributing mains from 455 to766 miles of pipe. The development of addi-tional water supply, together with all the nec-essary facilities to store, transmit, and dis-tribute it, have been provided well in advanceof imm
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