Historic Columbus Indiana
Illustrated Columbus Indiana 1914-1915, page 8
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City Filtration Plant
Water Street
The pumping station of the City Water Works was built in 1871 and proved a benefit over the use of the well water, but at times this water was almost unfit for use in the households. Recognizing the danger from impure water, the city council declared for a filtering system, work on which was begun in 1913, and in the spring of 1913, the plant was in full operation. The system is what is known as Rapid Sand Filter with a capacity of 4,000,000 gallons every twenty-four (24) hours and there is used daily 3,000,000 gallons. The water is pumped from the station to the filter by two raw water pumps, each of which have a capacity of 4,000,000 gallons. After the water goes through the filter it flows back to the pumping station where it is forced into the water mains. Alum is used as the coagulant in the process of filtration and in the laboratory where the water is analyzed and shows the per cent of purity to be 99 plus. Although a municipality owned plant, it is under the able and efficient management of J C Rush.
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