The scheme for Water Works for Tientsin as originally laid by me before the Provisional Committee has in the main been adhered to. The most notable exception has been the substitution of steel Settling Tanks for concrete tanks; this was due to the rise in the price of cement.
By having steel tanks we have been able to place them some feet above ground so that the half liquid mud can after settlement run off by gravity, and the depth of our filters, clear water reservoir, and wells below the surface, has been diminished by the number of fect our steel settling tanks are above the level of the originally proposed concrete tanks. As the soil is not very favourable for deep foundations a considerable saving hus been effected. The capacity of our two settling tanks is somewhat over 100,000 gallons; they are now being erected and rivetted; they will have a brick wall all round them and be covered in.
The two filler beds have an area of about 2,400 square feet, and with a filtering velocity of oh 7 feet each filter would filter about 50,000 gallons per day, but the most suitable filtering speed must be determined by experiment.
The beds may ko expected to be completed (with the exception of the roof) by the Ist of July; they will be protected against frost by layer of concrete on the roof.
The Clean Water Reservoir. Foundations have been put in and the walls begun; it is ided into two compartments so that one may be laid off for cleaning; its capacity is about 35,000 gallons. It is built of stone with a brick backing.
The Water Tower is completed as far as the tank, which has a capacity of about 35,000 gallons. "The tower is built of stone and cement mortar.
The Pumping House at the Works is completed and. the intake pomping house on the wund is nearly so, ing unfiltered water for the Public Gardens The Water Tank on the Bund for supply:
and street watering is being rivetted: it will hold about 12,000 gallons.
Pumpiug Machinery. The high lift pump consists of 2 double acting geared punips, steamed by 2 multitubulir boilers. Capacity of each set, 10,000 gallons per hour.
The intake pump on the bund consists of 2 centrifugal pumps steamed by two vertical cross-tube boilers. Capacity, 10,000 gallons per hour against a head of 40 feet. and is exposes shortly.
The Pumping Machinery has been shipped
Mains. A 10" main goes from the water tower to the Club Road, while 4" branch ipes run through the side streets and on the and may be expected to be completed in the und. The laying of mains is progressing
beginning of September.
Hydrants are being. placed at all street corners and also at intermediate places where the distance is above 150 7 The Works have been built largely of stone and cement with a view to having no, or as few as possible, repairs in coming years.
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