Improvements to Wichita Water Supply [with Discussion]

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new water supply system for the City of Wichita, Kansas consists of the following major items of construction: (1) The testing and development of a new ground water supply of approximately 32 million gallons per day. (2) The construction of gathering lines from the 25 wells in the supply field and a supply main from these gathering lines to the water filtration plant in Wichita. (3) The construction of a water filtration plant with a nominal capacity of 32 m.g.d., including a total filtered water storage of 4 million gallons. This plant is located in Wichita near the plant of the privately owned Wichita Water Company. The City is now served by the Wichita Water Company with a supply taken from a group of shallow wells penetrating the underflow of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas River at Wichita. The supply is adequate in quantity and is cheaply produced. It is, however, highly mineralized and contains excessive quantities of chlorides which render it undesirable for domestic and indus

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