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COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAINTENANCE, VIZ: $24,038.84.
Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $72.60. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $1.00.
STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER Total population estimated, 13,200.
Estimated population on pipe line, 12,000.
Estimated population supplied, 12,000. Total consumption for the year, 611,386,000 gallons. Passed through meters, 169,709,000 gallons. Percentage of consumption metered, 27.7%. Average daily consumption, 1,675,000 gallons. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 127. Gallons per day to each consumer, 139. Gallons per day to each tap, 565.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Kind of pipe used : Cement lined and wrought iron, prin- cipally cement lined. Sizes: From 2-inch to 30-inch.
Extended: 1,627 feet. Discontinued : None. Total now in use: 58 miles, 3,901 feet. Cost to repair per mile, $9.91. Number of leaks per mile, 0.43.
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Small distribution pipes less than 4-inch; 9 miles, 2,230 feet.
Hydrants, added, Discontinued.
Hydrants now in use : 241 public ; 68 private.
Stop gates added, 2. Discontinued, None.
Number now in use, 696.
Small stop gates less than 4-inch, 117.
Number of blow-offs, 42.
SERVICES
Kind of pipe: Lead and cement lined.
Sizes : From one-half to four inches.
Extended, 595 feet. Discontinued, None.
Total now in use. 8 miles, 1,825 feet.
Service taps added, 34. Discontinued, None.
Number now in use, 2,888.
Average length of service, 17.5 feet.
Average cost of service, $13.68.
Number of meters added, 327.
Number now in use, 1,281. Percentage of services metered, 44.3%.
Number of motors and elevators added: None.
Number now in use, one motor.
FINANCIAL. MAINTENANCE. (Published by Request of the New England Water Works Association) Total Water Receipts, Miscellaneous Receipts,
$40,689.24 Management and repairs,
154.72 Interest on Bonds,
$24,038.84 707.48
$40,843.96
Total,
24,746.32
Profit for the year,
16,097.64
Total,
$40,843.96
Paid on Bonds and Notes, $2,666.66
Carried to Construction, 13,430.98
$16,097.64
CONSTRUCTION.
Profits of Maintenance,
$13,430.98
Extension of Mains,
$1,593.00
Extension of Services,
465.22
Meters and setting,
4,796.75
Stock on Hand at Shop,
5,096.41
Unexpended Balance, Maintenance,
41.01
Unexpended Balance, Construction,
36,969.18
Total,
$48,961.57
Bonded Debt at 33/4 %,
$4,666.62
Bonded Debt at 4%,
6,000.00
Bonded Debt at 4%,
6,000.00
Bonded Debt at 4%,
40,000.00
$56,666.62
Paid yearly on Principal,
$2,666.66
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Pond Elevations Above M.L.W. - Storage In Million Gallons
ANNUAL
MONTHLY
RAMIFALL
LORO
1030
1040
1050
106,0
500
600
200
800
200
3.36
Jan
Feb
9.52
Mar
6.27
Apr
4.58
May
June
9
2 20
July
3 40
Aug
Sept
Oct.
0.60
Her.
2.32
+ 59
Tan
2.95
F& b.
2.52
AN
6.72
May
3
June
2.5
July
2 $ 1.61
Rug
3 69
Oct
0.71
Nor
2.25
O.c.
4.32
Jan.
4.16
Feb
3.77
Mar
5.06
Apr
3.77
7
May
9
5.47
June
2 07
July
2
4.73
Aug.
o
7 65
Sem
4.95
Oct.
2.67
Nor
$ 5t
D&c.
261
4.24
Feb.
9.02
5.60
Apr.
4.98
4.41
May
1920
June
7.50
July
3.04
Aug
9
3.13
SOPA
2. 73
Oct
1.74
Mor.
5.1;
Dec.
4 19
Jen
2.90
Feb.
3.47
Mer.
3.77
Apr
5.76
May
49.
June
241
July
V
៛.14
~ 2.55
Aug.
1.09
Oct
1.56
Mer.
9.10
Dec-
2 80
2.72
F.b.
4.45
Mar.
6.30
Apr.
2.36
May
June
v
4.84
July
V
4 17
Aug
9.20
Sap+.
1.60
00*
2.70
Ner.
1.13
Dec.
4 85
Jan.
7.11
Feb.
2.52
Mer.
5.30
Apr.
5.75
May
0.34
June
3
2.07
Aug
9
2.45
Japt.
1.62
5.42
Nor
1.73
De.c.
5.28
Jan.
3.69
Feb.
2.53
Mer.
3.94
Apr
6.03
May
2.94
V
2.75
July
2
7. 12
2.76
Oct
0.16
Non
2 02
Dac.
1.82
Jan
4.10
F&b.
1.48
Mer
2.95
Apr
2.35
May
A 3.22
7
2.46
July
423
Rug
2.24
Sepr
406
Oct
4.56
Nor
3.55
Dec.
3.83
Jan
3.22
F&b
8.76
mer.
3 27
Apr.
2.27
3.11
6
3.22
July
3.75
Aug
G 2.84
Sept
1.01
Oct
7.20
4.23
3.67
Dec.
ANNUAL
MONTHLY
RAINFALL
102.0
103.0
104.0
105.0
106.0
500
600
200
800
900
PLATE I
ER HATLON JR
Combined Storage of Great and Little South Ponds - Grade 98.0 - 106.0 = 855,000,000 Gallons
Storage pepration Curryy
Full Fond = 106 0 ft. abord m. L.n. f
7.02
N 6 53 17.
Little
South
Grdax
South
1918
0.33
-
4 2.61
Pond
Pond
1919
55.16
...
5.23
1921
Sept
$ 3.80
1922
1923
4 4
1924
June
Aug.
Sapr
1925
June
1.0
1926
My
Juna
19 1 7
J. Je
5.02
Ner.
-
July
Daily Consumption in Gallons. Data Shown Weekly.
600,000
700,000
200,000
900,000
700,000
1.100,000
1.200,000
1,300,000
1.400
1,600,000
1.700,000
1,900,000
2.000,000
Jan
J
=
0
17
2.8.
31
Feb 7
14
21 N
28
Mor.
A
-
14
2
..
28
Apr.
A
.
11
18
E
25
May
2
-
9
16
2J
:
30
June
13
-
27
July
4
-
11
.
15
- 25
Aug.
=
15
2.2
.
29
Sept. S
4
12
a
19
26
758-000 Gala
000 Gas.
E.R. HARLOW JK
a
19
26
Jan. 2
500,000
500,000
200,000
$00,000
900,000
1,000,000
1,100,000
1,200,000
1.300,000
1,400,000
1,500,000
1,600,000
1,700,000
1,800,000
1,900,000
2.000,000
PLATE II
10
.
17
2
24
-
Nor.
7
14
. 21
28
Dec. 5
a
12
Low Service
Average Daily for Service
High Service 2
Average Daily High Service Consumption
Total Consumption
Average Daily Total
consumption
Consumption ....
F
1-675-000
917-
Gold.
,000
200
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Water Commissioners.
Gentlemen :
In accordance with the custom of this Department, I submit herewith the annual report of the Superintendent of the Plymouth Water Works for the year ending De- cember 31, 1926.
Location
Length in Feet
Sizes in Inches
Cost
Castle Street,
207
6
$277.00
Stephens Street,
420
6
619.00
County Farm,
1,000
6
697.00
Total,
1,627
6"
$1,593.00
METERS
We have set 327 meters during 1926. 34 new services were metered and 293 meters were set on old services.
It will be very desirable to continue this policy until all services are metered, since that is the only satisfactory way of controlling consumption and equalizing water rates.
HYDRANTS
All hydrants have been inspected, oiled and painted during the year.
PUMPS
The Worthington Pump at the Pumping Station has been overhauled and repaired during the year and is in satisfactory condition to pump water up to its rated capacity.
Tests for slip made on both the Barr and Worthington Pump indicated that the slip is under 5% on each pump.
Plymouth Eighteen
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RAINFALL
The average rainfall for the past forty years has been 46.06 inches, and the total rainfall for 1926 was 46.55 inches or an excess of .49 above the average. This is the first year, since 1922, in which our rainfall has been above the average, and this would seem to indicate the beginning of an upward trend in our pond heights and storage.
POND ELEVATION AND STORAGE DEPLETION
Plate 1 shows the usual graphic representation of pond heights and storage depletion for the past ten ears.
The average height of Great South Pond for the year 1926 was 103.00, and this is the lowest yearly average since these records began to be kept in 1905. The average height in 1925 was 103.40, and the next lowest was in 1919 with an average height of 103.60.
These low ponds are the natural reflection of the years of rainfall below the average since 1922, and it will only be after a series of years of rainfall above the average that we can hope to see full ponds again.
CONSUMPTION
The consumption chart on Plate II shows, as usual, the average daily consumption by weeks for the high and low service system and the sum of these, giving the aver- age daily total consumption for the year 1926. The average daily low services consumption of 758,000 gallons was the highest for this system since these records have been kept, while the average daily high service consump- tion of 917,000 gallons was 20,000 gallons daily less than the high service consumption of 1925. I believe this re- duction in high service consumption over that of the previous year was due to the meters set in 1926, a very large proportion of which were set on the high service system.
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The monthly records, kept at the Pumping Station, are shown on the following page.
The usual analysis of samples of water from Great and Little South Ponds have been made during the year by the State Department of Health, and copies are on file at the office of the Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent.
PUMPING RECORDS
Month
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
Gravity
Pumping
Daily Pumping
Rain in Inches
Av. Max. Temp.
Av. Min. Temp.
Daily Av. Fuel Lbs.
January
32514
54,740
21,760,000
28,834,000
930,000
3.22
41
27
1,766
February
296
50,940
19,501,000
26,327,000
940,000
8.76
37
25
1,819
March
3151/4
53,380
21,527,000
27,699,000
894,000
3.27
43
30
1,722
April
27314
47,960
20,260,000
24,594,000
820,000
2.27
55
39
1,599
May
2973/4
49,840
21,832,000
26,884,000
867,000
3.11
68
52
1,608
June
31634
53,390
22,698,000
28,834,000
961,000
3.22
76
61
1,780
July
39534
67,020
24,822,000
37,561,000
1,212,000
3.75
35
69
2,162
August
3301/4
56,860
24,378,000
30,877,000
996,000
2.84
81
69
1,834
September
320
55,710
24,185,000
28,211,000
940,000
1.01
13
59
1,857
October
290
50,170
24,915,000
25,547,000
824,000
7.20
64
19
1,618
November
265 34
47,750
24,234,000
23,279,000
776,000
4.23
55
40
1,592
· December
3011/4
54,790
26,518,000
26,109,000
842,000
3.67
39
26
1,767
3,727 14
642,550
276,630,000
334,756,000
46.55
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
No Gals. Pumped
Av. No. Gals. to 1 lb. Coal
Av. Duty For Year
Barr Pump Worthington Pump
3,675
523
31,500,000
521/4
633,060 9,490
331,202,000 3,554,000
375
22,500,000
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Pond Elevations Above M.L.W. - Storage In Million Gallons
Annual
MONTHLY
RAMIFALL
102.0
1020
104.0
1050
106.0
500
600
200
800
900
J.36
Jan
$ 59
Feb
6.27
mar
4.50
May
A > 02
₦ 6.53
June
9 2 20
July
3.40
Sept
J. Je
Oct
5.02
0.60
D&c
2.32
Jan
4 59
F&b.
2.95
mor
AM
6 82
May
June
2.95
9
2.64
July
2 1.61
Aug.
9 63
Sept
Oct
0.71
Mer
2.25
D&c.
4.32
Jan.
4.76
Fab
J.77
Mar
8.06
-
3.78
May
5.47
1919
June
2 07
July
₦
4.79
Aug.
0 765
4.15
Oct
2.67
Ner
D&c.
Jan
4.24
Fab.
7.02
H
Man.
5.60
APA
4.92
1920
Avg
2.73
Oct.
1.14
Ner.
5.11
Dec
4.19
Jon
2.70
Feb.
3.47
Mer.
3.77
Apr
5.76
5. 23
May
19.
2 41
June
V
1.14
12
2 55
Rug.
1.07
Sept.
Oct.
1.56
Ner.
9.10
D&c.
2.50
Jen
.2.72
Feb.
4.45
Mar.
6.30
Apr.
2.36
May
4
June
4 14
July
V
4. 17
Aug
.
9.20
Sept.
1.60
Oct.
2.70
Non
1.13
Dec.
4 15
Jan.
7.11
F&b.
2 52
Mer.
5.30
Apr
5.75
May
1.84
June
7
2.07
July
19
2.45
Jept
1.62
Oct
54Z
Nor
1.73
OGc.
5.28
Jan.
3.69
Feb.
2.58
Mar.
3.94
Apr
6.05
May
3
June
2.75
July
₦ 1.28
7.12
Aug.
2.76
Och
0.16
Non
2 OR
D&c.
1.82
Jan.
4.10
F&b.
1.41
Mar
2.95
Apr
2.33
$ 3.22
2.46
O
4.23
1
2.24
1
406
Oct
4. $6
Nor
3.55
Dec
3.83
Jan
3.22
Fab
r.76
Mar.
3 27
Apr.
2.27
$ 3.11
My
June
3.22
July
3.75
Aug
4 2.84
Sept
1.01
Och.
7.20
Ner
4.23
ORc.
. 3.67
ANNUAL
MONTHLY
RAINFALL
102.0
103.0
1000
105.0
106.0
500
600
200
800
9:00
PLATE I
ER NAVIOW JR
4.4₽
May
June
55.6
3.04
July
3.13
Pond
South pond
Storage Depletion Curge
Full Fond = 106 0 ++ above m. L. n.
Combined Storage of Great and Little South Ponds - Grade 98.0 - 106.0 = 855,000,000 Gallons
1 9 1 7
Little
Great
South
2.50
0.53
1918
1923
0.34
...
1924
Sept
1925
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
1926
2.74
1922
3.88
V
1921
July
PLATE I
2.000,000
2,000,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
1,800,000
1,5000000
1,700,000
1.200,000
1- 675-000 Gale.
Average Daily Total Consumption
1,600,000
1,600,000
Total Consumption
1,5 0,000
1,500,000
Data Shown Weekly.
1,400.000
1,400,000
1.300.000
1.300,000
1,200,000
1.200,000
Daily Consumption in Gallons.
1,000,000
1,000,000
Average Daily High Service Consumption &
917-000 Gals.
900,000
900,000
High Service 2
800,000
Average Daily Low Service
-
-
.
700,000
700,000
Low Services
600,000
500,000
500,000
500,000
J
10
17
24.
31
A
14
21
28
14-
2/
28
11
18
25
11
23
30
6
13
20
27
4
2
19
26
Jan
Feb
..
:
-
.
-
May
-
Z
July
Jan.
2
Dec.
.
Mor.
-
.
4
.
4
Sapr. 5
12
19
15
22
29
18
25
4
.
Aug.
.
.
June
1
-
Consumption ....
100,000
958-000 Gala
1,100,000
1.100.000
12
21
28
5
14
A
24
10
Out.
E.R. HARLOW JR.
?
Mar.
Apr.
A
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Water Commissioners. Gentlemen :
In accordance with the custom of this Department, I submit herewith the annual report of the Superintendent of the Plymouth Water Works for the year ending De- cember 31, 1926.
Location
Length in Feet
Sizes in Inches
Cost
Castle Street,
207
6
$277.00
Stephens Street,
420
6
619.00
County Farm,
1,000
6
697.00
Total,
1,627
6"
$1,593.00
METERS
We have set 327 meters during 1926. 34 new services were metered and 293 meters were set on old services.
It will be very desirable to continue this policy until all services are metered, since that is the only satisfactory way of controlling consumption and equalizing water rates.
HYDRANTS
All hydrants have been inspected, oiled and painted during the year.
PUMPS
The Worthington Pump at the Pumping Station has been overhauled and repaired during the year and is in satisfactory condition to pump water up to its rated capacity.
Tests for slip made on both the Barr and Worthington Pump indicated that the slip is under 5% on each pump.
Plymouth Eighteen
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RAINFALL
The average rainfall for the past forty years has been 46.06 inches, and the total rainfall for 1926 was 46.55 inches or an excess of .49 above the average. This is the first year, since 1922, in which our rainfall has been above the average, and this would seem to indicate the beginning of an upward trend in our pond heights and storage.
POND ELEVATION AND STORAGE DEPLETION
Plate 1 shows the usual graphic representation of pond heights and storage depletion for the past ten ears.
The average height of Great South Pond for the year 1926 was 103.00, and this is the lowest yearly average since these records began to be kept in 1905. The average height in 1925 was 103.40, and the next lowest was in 1919 with an average height of 103.60.
These low ponds are the natural reflection of the years of rainfall below the average since 1922, and it will only be after a series of years of rainfall above the average that we can hope to see full ponds again.
CONSUMPTION
The consumption chart on Plate II shows, as usual, the average daily consumption by weeks for the high and low service system and the sum of these, giving the aver- age daily total consumption for the year 1926. The average daily low services consumption of 758,000 gallons was the highest for this system since these records have been kept, while the average daily high service consump- tion of 917,000 gallons was 20,000 gallons daily less than the high service consumption of 1925. I believe this re- duction in high service consumption over that of the previous year was due to the meters set in 1926, a very large proportion of which were set on the high service system.
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The monthly records, kept at the Pumping Station, are shown on the following page.
The usual analysis of samples of water from Great and Little South Ponds have been made during the year by the State Department of Health, and copies are on file at the office of the Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent.
PUMPING RECORDS
Month
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
Gravity
Pumping
Daily Pumping
Rain in Inches
Av. Max. Temp.
Av. Min. Temp.
Daily Av. Fuel Lbs.
January
32514
54,740
21,760,000
28,834,000
930,000
3.22
11
27
1,766
February
296
50,940
19,501,000
26,327,000
940,000
8.76
37
25
1,819
March
3151/4
53,380
21,527,000
27,699,000
894,000
3.27
43
30
1,722
April
27314
47,960
20,260,000
24,594,000
820,000
2.27
55
39
1,599
May
297 34
49,840
21,832,000
26,884,000
867,000
3.11
68
52
1,608
June
316 34
53,390
22,698,000
28,834,000
961,000
3.22
76
61
1,780
July
39534
67,020
24,822,000
37,561,000
1,212,000
3.75
85
69
2,162
August
33014
56,860
24,378,000
30,877,000
996,000
2.84
81
69
1,834
September
320
55,710
24,185,000
28,211,000
940,000
1.01
13
59
1,857
October
290
50,170
24,915,000
25,547,000
824,000
7.20
64
49
1,618
November
265 34
47,750
24,234,000
23,279,000
776,000
4.23
55
40
1,592
December
3011/4
54,790
26,518,000
26,109,000
842,000
3.67
39
26
1,767
3,7271/4
642,550
276,630,000
334,756,000
46.55
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
No Gals. Pumped
Av. No. Gals. to 1 1b. Coal
Av. Duty For Year
Barr Pump Worthington Pump
3,675
523
31,500,000
5214
633,060 9,490
331,202,000 3,554,000
375
22,500,000
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PLYMOUTH WATER RKS
PLATE I.
ited run off in Hundred Million Gallons.
6
6
2
23
1
25
2.
25
Y
38
6
.
ANNUAL
MONTHLY
RAMFALL
102.0
103.0
1040
1050
1040
500
600
200
700
900
Jan
J.36
Feb
9.57
Mar
6 47
APP
4.50
May + 7 02
June
7.
6.53
9
July
3.40
Aug
Sapt
Oct.
5 02
Nor.
0.60
DEC
2.32
Jan
+ 59
2.95
nor
2.52
AN
6.82
May
314.
2.95
June
0
2.44
July
2
Aug-
J 63
Oct
Ner
2.25
4.32
DEC.
4.86
Jan
3.77
Mer
5.06
APP
3.78
4 6.47
May
TS.
2 07
June
July
2
4.75
Aug.
O
7 65
Sept
4.95
Oct
2.67
5 St
D&c.
2 61
Jan
4.24
9.02
Mar.
5.60
Apr.
4.98
1920
JUNE
9
7.38
July
9.04
Aug
3.13
2.73
Oct
1.14
5.11
Dec.
+ 19
Jen
2.90
Feb.
3 47
Mer.
3.77
Apt
5.76
May
419.
2 41
June
July
٧
2
2 55
Sept.
1.09
Oct
1.56
Nov.
9.10
D.c.
Jan.
2.72
Feb.
4.45
6.30
Apr.
2 36
May
47.
June
4.84
July
٧
4 17
.
7.20
Aug
L ..
Sapt
1.60
Oct.
2.70
Her.
1.13
DEc.
7.11
Jan.
Feb.
2.52
Mer.
5.30
AN
5.75
1923
Jund
2.
1.84
July
3
2.07
Aug
9
2.45
Japt.
1.62
5.42
Nor
1.73
DEc.
5.25
Jan.
3.69
-
Feb
2.51
Mar.
3.74
APP
6.03
May
2.74
June
17
2.75
July
2
1.27
10
7. 12
Aug.
Sept
2.76
Oct
0.16
Non
2 02
Dec.
1.82
Jan.
4 10
Feb.
1.47
Mar
2.95
apr
2.33
3.22
2.46
July
+ 23
Aug.
. 2.24
Sepr
406
Oct
4.96
Nor
3 55
Dec
3.83
Jan
3.22
1.76
1926
June
6
3.22
...
July
3.75
Aug
9 2 84
Sept
1.01
Ock
7.20
Ner:
4.23
3.67
DEc.
ANNUAL
MONTHLY
RAINFALL
102.0
103.0
1040
105.0
106.0
500
600
700
800
9:00
Combined Storage of Great and Little South Ponds - Grade 98.0- 106.0 = 855,000,000 Gallons
PLATE I
ER NAFLOW JA
May
4
3.11
Mar.
3 27
2.27
1925
May
June
41.0
0.34
May
3.88
1922
₲ 4.48
May
0.71
South
1
South
Pond
pond
Storage Depletion CurEt
1918
0.53
Pond Elevations Above M.L. W. - Storage In Million Gallons
1 9 1 7
AitAla
Graz
1919
1921
5.23
Aug.
4 85
1924
Daily Consumption in Gallons.
Data Shown Weekly.
50
600,000
700,000
800.000
800,000
1,000,000
1.100.000
1.200,000
1,300,000
1,400,000
1,500,000
1,600,000
1.700,000
1,5000000
1,900,000
2.000.000
Jan.
J
10
=
17
24
F&b
A
-
14
=
21
28
Mar.
A
.
14
21
=
2º
Apr.
1
.
11
18
25
May
2
9
16
=
23
30
June
13
-
27
July
4
5
·
18
25
Aug
&
15
22
.
29
Sept. 5
.
12
19 26
Out.
10
.
17
24
-
Nor. 7
14
-
21
28
Oec. 5
-
12
.
19
26
Jan. 2
500,000
00,000
200,000
100,000
900,000
1,000,000
1,100,000
1,200,000
1.300,000
1,400,000
1,500,000
1,600,000
1.200,000
1,800,000
1,900,000
2,000,000
PLATE I
E. R. HARLOW JR.
Average Daily Loi Service Consumption. 58-000 Gals.
High Service 2
Average Daily High Service Consumption
Total Consumption
Aratage Daily Total
Consumption
1-675-000
Gals.
€
917-000 Gas.
.
Low Services
000
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Water Commissioners.
Gentlemen :
In accordance with the custom of this Department, I submit herewith the annual report of the Superintendent of the Plymouth Water Works for the year ending De- cember 31, 1926.
Location
Length in Feet
Sizes in Inches
Cost
Castle Street,
207
6
$277.00
Stephens Street,
420
6
619.00
County Farm,
1,000
6
697.00
Total,
1,627
6"
$1,593.00
METERS
We have set 327 meters during 1926. 34 new services were metered and 293 meters were set on old services.
It will be very desirable to continue this policy until all services are metered, since that is the only satisfactory way of controlling consumption and equalizing water rates.
HYDRANTS
All hydrants have been inspected, oiled and painted during the year.
PUMPS
The Worthington Pump at the Pumping Station has been overhauled and repaired during the year and is in satisfactory condition to pump water up to its rated capacity.
Tests for slip made on both the Barr and Worthington Pump indicated that the slip is under 5% on each pump.
Plymouth Eighteen
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RAINFALL
The average rainfall for the past forty years has been 46.06 inches, and the total rainfall for 1926 was 46.55 inches or an excess of .49 above the average. This is the first year, since 1922, in which our rainfall has been above the average, and this would seem to indicate the beginning of an upward trend in our pond heights and storage.
POND ELEVATION AND STORAGE DEPLETION
Plate 1 shows the usual graphic representation of pond heights and storage depletion for the past ten ears.
The average height of Great South Pond for the year 1926 was 103.00, and this is the lowest yearly average since these records began to be kept in 1905. The average height in 1925 was 103.40, and the next lowest was in 1919 with an average height of 103.60.
These low ponds are the natural reflection of the years of rainfall below the average since 1922, and it will only be after a series of years of rainfall above the average that we can hope to see full ponds again.
CONSUMPTION
The consumption chart on Plate II shows, as usual, the average daily consumption by weeks for the high and low service system and the sum of these, giving the aver- age daily total consumption for the year 1926. The average daily low services consumption of 758,000 gallons was the highest for this system since these records have been kept, while the average daily high service consump- tion of 917,000 gallons was 20,000 gallons daily less than the high service consumption of 1925. I believe this re- duction in high service consumption over that of the previous year was due to the meters set in 1926, a very large proportion of which were set on the high service system.
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The monthly records, kept at the Pumping Station, are shown on the following page.
The usual analysis of samples of water from Great and Little South Ponds have been made during the year by the State Department of Health, and copies are on file at the office of the Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent.
PUMPING RECORDS
Month
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
Gravity
Pumping
Daily Pumping
Rain in Inches
Av. Max. Av. Min. Temp.
Temp.
Daily Av. Fuel Lbs.
January
32514
54,740
21,760,000
28,834,000
930,000
3.22
41
27
1,766
February
296
50,940
19,501,000
26,327,000
940,000
8.76
37
25
1,819
March
3151/4
53,380
21,527,000
27,699,000
894,000
3.27
43
30
1,722
April
2731/4
47,960
20,260,000
24,594,000
820,000
2.27
55
39
1,599
May
297 34
49,840
21,832,000
26,884,000
867,000
3.11
68
52
1,608
June
316 34
53,390
22,698,000
28,834,000
961,000
3.22
6
61
1,780
July
39534
67,020
24,822,000
37,561,000
1,212,000
3.75
85
69
2,162
August
33014
56,860
24,378,000
30,877,000
996,000
2.84
81
69
1,834
September
320
55,710
24,185,000
28,211,000
940,000
1.01
73
59
1,857
October
290
50,170
24,915,000
25,547,000
824,000
7.20
64
19
1,618
November
265 34
47,750
24,234,000
23,279,000
776,000
4.23
55
40
1,592
December
3011/4
54,790
26,518,000
26,109,000
842,000
3.67
39
26
1,767
3,727 14
642,550
276,630,000
334,756,000
46.55
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
No Gals. Pumped
Av. No. Gals. to 1 1b. Coal
Av. Duty For Year
Barr Pump Worthington Punıp
3,675
633,060 9,490
331,202,000 3,554,000
523
31,500,000
521/4
375
22,500,000
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SCHOOL REPORT
11
D.W.B.
PLYMOUTH . MASSACHUSETTS
ASS
1620
.NMOJ
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1927
Winter Term, 16 weeks Begins, Monday, Jan. 3-ends Friday, April 29
Holiday : Patriot's Day-Tuesday, April 19
Recess-from Friday, Feb. 18 to Monday, Feb. 28
Spring Term,
8 weeks Begins Monday, May 9-ends Wednesday, June 29
Holiday : Memorial Day-Monday, May 30
Fall Term, 16 weeks Begins Wednesday, Sept. 7-ends Friday, Dec. 23
Holidays : Columbus Day-Wednesday, Oct. 12 Teachers' Convention-Friday, Oct. 28 Thanksgiving-Wednesday, Nov. 23-Friday, Nov. 25
Visiting Day in November to be arranged for with Superintendent.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Fred D. Bartlett, Chairman,
Term Expires 1928
Fannie T. Rowell, Secretary, 1927
MEMBERS
Edward R. Belcher, 1929
Burt H. Corey, 1927
Albert L. Mellor, 1929
A. Perry Richards, 1928
The regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
Supt. of Schools, Anson B. Handy.
Office opens from 8.30 to 12 a. m. and 1.15 to 5.00 p. m. every school day. Saturdays, 10 to 12 a. m. Every Monday 7.00 to 7.30 p. m.
Office hours of the Superintendent of Schools 8.00 to 9.00 a. m. and 4.00 to 5.00 p. m., every school day except as special duties may prevent. Special appointments may be made at other times.
Attendance Officer, John Armstrong.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
In 1924 the Town, on recommendation of the School Committee, acquired the Murray lot,. so-called, running from Court Street at Cold Spring through to Standish Avenue, together with an entrance to said land from the Alden Street school lot.
As mentioned in the 1924 and 1925 reports the Com- mittee deferred presenting to the Town for consideration and action any plan for a new school building on this lot, because of the extraordinarily large increase in the bonded debt of the Town in 1924.
The new building was desirable then and is now, but relief from the congested condition of both High Schools, to which reference was made last year, would seem the more urgent need of the Town. This condition is referred to more specifically in the Superintendent's report this year.
Besides shortage of room both of these structures lack much that is considered essential in present day school buildings, and the situation appears to call for a compre- hensive survey to determine the best thing to do.
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