. Journal of the New England Water Works Association . ear desirable to count onmore than 5 ft. or eft. at the most, of depth, for which amounl of storaSethe safe yield of the pond is between and 7 million gallons per day. The consumption of water by the city is shown on Fig. 7 and. as willbe noted, for the year 1921 this consumption reached an amounl of 7 milliongallons per day, or jus! about the safe yield of the pond, so thai the necessityof providing an additional supply is apparent. In 1916, a Water Act wasobtained by the city which gave it authority to make investigations andto use a
. Journal of the New England Water Works Association . ear desirable to count onmore than 5 ft. or eft. at the most, of depth, for which amounl of storaSethe safe yield of the pond is between and 7 million gallons per day. The consumption of water by the city is shown on Fig. 7 and. as willbe noted, for the year 1921 this consumption reached an amounl of 7 milliongallons per day, or jus! about the safe yield of the pond, so thai the necessityof providing an additional supply is apparent. In 1916, a Water Act wasobtained by the city which gave it authority to make investigations andto use as a water supply any water source within the limits of Fall Riverand also that of Mill Brook in the town of Freetown, this being along 558 THE WATER SUPPLY OF FALL RIVER. lines suggested by the State Department of Health in reports prior tothai time. Under this Act, surveys and investigations were made during1916, covering possible sources and including, in addition to Mill Brook,which lies northerly from North Watuppa Pond, the possible use of Bread. Fig. 7. and Cheese Brook, a small stream lying easterly from the pond, and CopecutRiver lying northeasterly — all of which could be adapted to provide afurther supply which would flow by gravity into North Watuppa PondThe preliminary results of these investigations are given in the accom-panying table: Comparison of Projects for Additional Water Supply. * Item Project and Drainage Area. « oe^F1^-* Bread and Cheese Upper ( Sq. Mi.). ( Sq. Mi.). Cost (not including water rights) $438 100 $491 000 $751 900 Safe yield (mil. gal. per day) 2 30 Cost per mil. gal. (per day safe yield) $151 000 $204 000 $327 000In conjunction with full use of North Pond would give city a safe supply until about ? 193S 1935 1934 * Report of November 17. 1916 — BAKKoU 8. 559 The results shown therefore Led to the making of test borings at the MillBrook dam site and a more accurate determination of the cost of
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