Abstract
"The City of St. Louis contains within its city limits, according to the latest census, 870,000 people. The City is supplied with filtered water from two sources, one on the Mississippi River at the Chain of Rocks and the other on the Missouri River at Howard Bend. This water is distributed to consumers through 1,170 miles of water pipe and 147,912 service taps. Included in this distribution system are 14,334 fire hydrants and 16,884 valves. Every pipe joint, every fire hydrant, every valve and every plumbing fixture is a potential source of leakage, and it has become necessary to develop an elaborate system of inspections, tests and records in order to control this waste. The average daily consumption for 1930 amounted to 123,400,000 gallons per day, and it has been estimated that 8.9% or about 11,000,000 gallons of this was wasted due to various types of leaks. Since 1912 the engineers in the St. Louis Water Department have been using an instrument called a "Pitometer", based upon the theory of the Pitot tube, by which means the flow of water in pipes can be accurately measured"--Introduction, page 1.
Advisor(s)
Butler, Joe Beaty, 1895-1955
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Degree Name
Professional Degree in Civil Engineering
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1932
Pagination
ii, 24 pages, map
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) and index (pages 24-25).
Geographic Coverage
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Rights
© 1932 Randall Anthony Scheer, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Water conservation projects -- Missouri -- Saint LouisWater use -- Missouri -- Saint LouisWater-supply -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
Thesis Number
T 609
Print OCLC #
5963630
Electronic OCLC #
639603425
Recommended Citation
Scheer, Randall Anthony, "A study of water supply districts in St. Louis where excessive waste of water has occurred" (1932). Professional Degree Theses. 72.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/professional_theses/72