• -■ A^ ;;'..v t^' REPORT o/ iii ft. Cost \vx Grade Pipe of Flow of Pipe Foot Total Cost .67% 45" 7.5' 29,040 425 $123,420 .25% 54" 5.4' 39,600 5.65 223,740 .22% 54" 5.0' 34,320 5.65 193,908 .07% 66" 2,.}; 34,320 7.75 265,980 $807,048 Man holes, 200 at $50. ■- ■ 10,000 1,000 feet cast iron pipe, 36", and 800 feet of protection piling at outlet. $30 per ft. 30,000 $847,048 Plus 10% engineering, inspection, incidentals 84,704 $931,752 Clarification plant, Imhoff design, to care for 60,000 people 75,000 Total $1,006,752 This estimate is exclusive of right-of-way or cost of land for outfall site and disposal plant. It is based upon ideal con- ditions of construction, assuming that no difficulties would be encountered during construction such as, ground water, quick sand, heavy ground, etc., and that extensive shoring would not be necessary. In crossing the two river channels, long inverted cast iron siphons, no doubt, would be needed to insure permanent 22 construction. The encountering- of heavy soils and ground water, with the approach to the ocean shore, would add ma- terially to construction cost. It is therefore safe to say an estimate of 20 % to 50% in excess of the one given would represent more nearly the cost of such an outfall. In designing sewers, it is necessary that the velocities of flow be sufficient to carry the suspended solids ; otherwise, de- posits will form which, if they do not hamper the flow, give rise to obnoxious odors due to the putrefaction of the organic matters. Economic considerations usually demand that an outfall sewer be designed for a period of years in the future, and, in such cases, it is necessary to consider the actual con- ditions of operation likely to occur under minimum flow dur- ing the first few years after construction. If velocities are not sufficient, under minimum flow, to cleanse the sewer, sufficient water must be added at such times to raise the velocities, or a smaller sewer should be designed. The construction of a large sewer for a long period ahead would not be warranted if the cost of operation of such sewer would exceed the cost of construction of a smaller sewer for a short future and then building a second sewer when the growth of the community warranted. The normal, or average, daily flow of the three cities today is 50 gallons per capita, or a flow of 6.19 second feet. The min- imum flow for a few hours each day may drop to one or two second feet. Considering the sewer as designed for a future of fifty years and the average daily flow of the present, the conditions of flow would be as follows : — 1966 1916 Normal Flow Quantity Capacity Velocity .Xverace Deptli Velm-ity Grade of Size of of Sewage of Sewage of Flow ft. Daily of of Sewer Pipe sec ft. Flowing Full iier se<-. Flow Flow Flow .67% 45" TJ 82.8 7.5 6.19 8.1" 3.98 .25% 54" n 85.9 5.4 6.19 9.7" 2.86 .22% 54" n 79.5 5.0 6.19 9.7" 2.65 .07% 66" n 78.4 Z.Z 6.19 11.9" 1.75 The velocities in the case of normal flow are sufficient for estimate purposes, although the 1.75 feet per second is some- what below what is deemed good practice, and during some hours of the day, when the flow drops under the normal, flush- ing would have to be resorted to. 23 Your Board of Engineers believes that, with the develop- ment of the country at the present time, where large tracts of land are still available sufficiently remote from built-up sec- tions, where the water problem is such a vital consideration to such land and worth anywhere from one to live cents per inch per hour for irrigation purposes, and where the problem is be- coming more vital with each year's growth, to waste sewage water when it is possible to purify it for irrigation purposes in such a manner as to cause no nuisance from odors or en- danger public health, is a willful waste and should not be tolerated. In the City of Alhambra. a city of 3,800 acres and at pres- ent largely an orchard city, water for irrigation purposes sells for $.50 per 1,000 cu. ft. This is equivalent to a rate of $ .036 per inch per hour. With a population of 60.000 and a normal sewage flow of 50 gallons per capita daily, the daily discharge is 3,000,000 gallons, or equivalent to a constant flow of approx- imately 310 inches. Consider that no storage is provided, and that it is possible to sell water for only twelve hours per day two hundred days per year, and that such water is worth, for irrigation purposes, three cents per inch per hour 310 inches per hour at 3c $ 9.30 per hour 12 hours at $9.30 111.60 200 days at $111.60 22,320 Avhich is equivalent to an investment of $446,400 at 5%, which is a little more interest than the three cities will have to pay for forty year bonds for a treatment plant. In ten years, with a probable population of 100,000 in the three cities, the average daily flow will be equal to 5,000,000 gallons per day. Using an eighteen hour period of flow, this is equal to 10.32 second feet, or a constant flow of 516 inches. 516 inches per hour at 3c $ 15.48 per hour 12 hours at $15.48 185.76 200 days at $185.76 37,152.00 which at 5% is equal to interest on an investment of $743,040. It has been said that a municipality should not allow com- mercialism to enter into its affairs. In some instances this may be true, but we see no logic in any argument that would de- mand the waste of so valuable an asset, when such asset can be utilized without interfering with the rights of others. 24 THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PURIFICATION PLANT AND THE DISCHARGE OF THE EFFLUENT FROM THE SAME INTO THE RIO HONDO RIVER. The Board investigated this phase of the problem, and found that undoubtedly land could be obtained to the south- east of Alhambra along the Rio Hondo River. The discharg- ing of effluent from a purification plant into this river, which is a small stream the greater part of the year, would necessitate the constant maintenance of a very high state of stability, and. as is the case in an outfall to the sea, the effluent from such a plant would be wasted. We are not aware that this stream is used directly for domestic water supply, but the stream feeds the underground gravels of the coastal plain, the water from which is pumped and used by cities to the south. The river is also used for bathing and its banks as a sum- mer resort at certain times of the year. Hence, any pollution of this stream would be out of the question. PURIFICATION PLANT AND UTILIZATION OF EF- FLUENT FOR IRRIGATION. A thorough examination of all available land in the vicin- ity of Alhambra for the purpose of the construction of a mod- ern purification works and the use of its purified effluent for irrigation, reveals the following facts: On the west of Alhambra there is a range of hills sepa- rating the same from the city of Los Angeles, but to find suit- able land for such purpose in this direction is out of the ques- tion. To the east and southeast of Alhambra is the Rio Hondo River, a small stream during the larger part of the year, but a raging torrent at times during the winter. The territory be- tween the river and Alhambra is flat for some distance back of the river, and the water plane is within a few feet of the surface. This territory is under cultivation, water for irriga- tion purposes being pumped from wells on the ground or brought in from the Rio Hondo in ditches. Water is not a prob- lem in this section, and the disposal of effluent from a purifi- cation works is not feasible from an economic standpoint. 25 To the south of Alhambra, and separated by a long range of hills, is a tract of several thousand acres of tillable land for which, at the present time, water is unavailable. Here is an ideal spot for a purification works, with more than sufficient adjacent land to utilize the effluent from such works for some years to come. The range of hills completely shuts ofif the populated sections to the north and to the east, and to the south and west there are no residences to speak of within three miles. \\ e notified your Honorable Bodies as to our selection, and after careful investigations, proceedings were started to acquire sufficient territory for a plant and for a farm. We advocated the purchase of one thousand acres, for the reason that with the combined population of 60,000, we would have sufficient water to amply care for that amount of land. Owing to circumstances, however, you were able to purchase only six hundred acres, but it is probable that, in the near future, ad- ditional land can and will be obtained. The location of the new farm is shown on the government topographical map accompanying this report and contains nearly six hundred acres of hilly, rolling and level land. The northern boundary of the farm is one and one-half miles from the southerly line of the City of Alhambra. The site of the proposed purification works is admirably situated on the southern slope of the roughest part of the farm, approximately one-half mile south of its northern line, and on the eastern side of a pass which extends in a northerly and northeasterly direction through the hills. The topographical features of the proposed purification works site and of the north central part of the farm act as a barrier to any nuisance which might arise from odors passing over into the country to the north. A portion of the farm lying north of the proposed plant is too high for irrigation by gravity flow, and we would there- fore recommend that at least a portion of this high land be planted to eucalyptus trees. OUTFALL SEWER:— The new outfall sewer, a plan and profile of which accompanies this report, will divert the sewage of Pasadena, South Pasadena and a portion of Alham- bra's, at the northwest corner of Pasadena's present farm, 26 thence south along; the west Hne of the farm to HeHman Ave- nue, thence west on HeUman Avenue to Garfield Avenue, in- tercepting- the major portion of Alhambra's sewerage system ; thence south on Garfield Avenue to Newmark Avenue, thence west on Newmark Avenue to Ramona Avenue, thence south on Ramona Avenue to the south line of Tract Number 786; thence in a general southwesterly direction through an un- named pass to the purification works. The total length of the sewer is 18,400 feet, or 3.48 miles. The grade from the be- ginning to the south line of Tract 786 is 0.286% and from that point to the plant is 0.33%. DESIGN OF THE OUTFALL SEWER:— For a deter- mination of the proper size of sewer to design, it is necessary that the following facts be known as nearly as possible : — (1) Is the sewage separate or combined? (2) Population designed for. (3) Quantity of sewage to be taken care of. Separate or combined sewage means whether it is strictly domestic, or combined with storm water. In this case, the sewage is strictly domestic in character. The second feature to be considered, "Population de- signed for," is a very important factor and one incapable of exact determination. However, in order to design a sewer for a period in the future, it is necessary to make some sort of an estimate of probable future growth. Accompanying this report is a series of curves, showing the past growth of the three cities separately and a curve showing the combined growth to date. From a study of the past growth and the growth of other cities in the United States, we have extended these curves and have reached the conclusions given. "Quantity of sewage to be taken care of" is also a factor indeterminate for a long period ahead, but experience has taught that with the growth of cities, unless some exceptional changes take place in character of population or industries, the water consumption per capita increases rather than de- creases. In April, 1915, in order to determine the sewage flow^ of Pasadena, two Stevens recording gauges were installed, one at the outlet of the Garfield sewer and one at the outlet of the 27 Allen Avenue sewer. After a period of one hundred and fifty days, by averaging the daily flow, it was found that the aver- age was 2,000,000 gallons per day. Upon a basis of a popu- lation of 40,000, this gives an average flow of 50 gallons per capita per day. The maximum rate, according to these gauges is approximately one hundred and thirteen gallons per capita daily, and in our design we have used 150% of the average, or one hundred and twenty-five gallons per capita daily as being a safe figure. Ground Water Entering The Sewer : — The possibility of any ground water entering the sewer, thus increasing the vol- ume of water to be cared for, can be neglected. The three cities are sufificiently high, and the water plane so far beneath the surface, that any trouble from this source is negligible. Storm Water Entering The Sewer : — The only access that storm water has to the sewer is through the man-hole covers ; any great quantity from this source is not to be expected, and this phase has therefore been neglected. CONSIDERING THE SIZE, CONDITIONS OF FLOW, AND COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER FOR TWENTY, THIRTY AND FORTY YEAR FUTURE. Twenty Year Future, or the Year 1936 Probable combined population, 1936 146,000 Probable population of Alhambra, 1936 28,000 All the sewage of Pasadena and South Pasadena, and ap- proximately one-third of the sewage of Alhambra, would enter the outfall above the intersection of Hellman and Gar- field Avenues. The remaining two-thirds of Alhambra's sew- age w^ould enter at this point. Gals, per day Total maximum flow to be expected with a popula- tion of 146,000 18,250.000 Total maximum flow to be expected with a popula- tion of 28,000 3,500,000 % X 3,500,000 = 2,333,333 gallons per day entering sewer at Hellman and Garfield Avenues. 28 Sewer above Garfield and Hellman Ave., therefore designed for 18.250,000 — 2.333.333 or 15.016,666 gallons per day, or 32.84 second feet. Sewer below Garfield Avenue and Hellman Avenue there- fore designed for 18.250.000 gallons per day, or 37.65 second feet. Using brick sewer and N = .015 (cocfiicient of rough- ness). (Computations by Slide Rule and Di.scliarge Diagrams) CJiado 0.286% 0.286% 0.33% Lin. ft. .sig.'ied for Vipe See. ft. 7100 32.84 4800 37.65 6500 37.65 % engineering. Sine of of Pipe Pipe See. ft. 36" 32.0 39" 37.5 39" 41.1 inspection and FlowiuR Unit Cost Full 4.4 $2.85 4.7 3.30* 5.0 3.05 incidentals Total (.'ost $20,235,00 15,840.00 19.825.00 Plus 10 $55,900.00 5,590.00 $61,490.00 ^Includes repaying. Thirty Year Future, or Year 1946 F'robable combined population. 1946 196,000 Probable population of Alhambra. 1946 38,000 All the sewage of Pasadena and South Pasadena and ap- proximately one-third of the sewage of Alhambra would enter the outfall above the intersection of Hellman and Garfield Avenues. The remaining two-thirds of Alhambra's sewage would enter at this point. Gals, per day Total maximum fiow to be expected with a popula- tion of 196,000 24.500,000 Total maximum flow to be expected with a popula- tion of 38,000 4.750,000 ^ X 4,750,000 = 3.166,666 gals, per day entering at Hellman and Garfield Avenues. Sewer above Garfield and Hellman Avenue therefore designed for 24,500,000 — 3.166.666 = 21,333.333 gals, per day or 44 second feet. Sewer below Garfield and Hellman Avenues designed for 24,- 500,000 gallons per day or 55.55 sec. feet. Using brick sewer and N = .015 (coefficient or roughness). 29 Computations by Slide Rule and Discharge Diagrams^ Lin. ft. Grade Pipe 0.286% 7100 0.286% 4800 0.33% 6500 Quantity De- Capacity signed for Size of of Pipe Sec. ft. Pipe Sec. ft. 44 42" 47.5 50.55 45" 57.0 50.55 45" 61.0 neering, inspection and Velocity Flowing Full 4.9 5.1 5.5 incideni Unit Cnsl $3.85 4.35* 4.10 tals Total Cost $27,335.00 20,880,00 26,650.00 Plus 10% engii $74,865.00 7,486.00 *Including repaying. $82,351.00 Forty Year Future, or Year 1956 Probable combined population. 1956 250,000 Probable population of Alhambra, 1956 50,000 All the sewage of Pasadena and South Pasadena and ap- proximately one-third of the sewage of Alhambra would enter the outfall above the intersection of Hellman and Garfield Avenues. The remaining two-thirds of Alhambra's sewage would enter at this point. Gals, per day Total maximum flow to be expected with a popula- tion of 250,000 - 31.250.000 Total maximum flow to be expected from a popula- tion of 50,000 6.250,000 Yz X 6,250,000 = 4.166.666 gals, per day entering sewer at Hell- man and Garfield. Sewer above Garfield and Hellman Avenues designed for 31.- 250,000 — 4,166,666 or 27,083,334 gallons per day or 55.88 second feet. Sewer below Garfield and Hellman Ave., designed for 31.250,- 000 gallons per day. or 64.47 second feet. Using brick sewer and N = .015 (coefificient of roughness). (Computation by Slide Rule and Discharge Diagrams) 0.286% 0.286% 0.33% Lin. ft. Pipe Quantity De- signed for Sec. ft. Size of Pipe Capacity of Pijie Sec. ft. Velocity Flowing Full Unit Cost Tilt J 1 Cost 7100 4800 6500 55.88 64.47 64.47 45" 48" 48" 57 68 72 5.1 5.4 5.7 $4.10 4.60* 4.30 $29,110.00 22,080.00 27,950.00 $79,140.00 Plus 10% engineering, inspection and incidentals 7.914.00 *Including repaying. $87,054.00 30 Comparisons of Flow in 1916, 1936, 1946 and 1956 Future Twenty Years (Juautity KlottiiiR Kvill i!):'.(i Xnniial Flow 1916 I'OI. ulatkiii Sewage in r^ Velocity Di.s- Depth Veloc- Tri butaiy Secouil ft. (Irade ('ai)ac ft. cliarge of ity ft. 1910 1936 1916 1936 Dia. Sec. ft. per Sec. Sec. ft. Sewer per Sec. 54.000 127,334 13.93 32.84 36" 0.286 32.0 4.4 5.57 10.08" 3.04 60.000 146,000 15.47 37.65 39" 0.286 37.5 4.7 6.19 10.92" 3.24 60.000 146,000 15.47 37.65 Future 39" Thirty 0.33 Years 41.1 5.0 6.19 10.14" 3.30 54,000 170,692 13.93 44.01 42" 0.286 47.5 4.9 5.57 9.66" 2.99 60,000 196,000 15.47 50.55 45" 0.286 57.0 5.1 6.19 9.90" 3.00 60,000 196,000 15.47 50.55 Future 45" Forty 0.33 Years 61.0 5.5 6.19 9.45" 3.19 54,000 216,667 13.93 55.88 45" 0.286 57.0 5.1 5.57 9.45" 2.96 60,000 250,000 15.47 64.47 48" 0.286 68.0 5.4 6.19 9.60" 3.02 60,000 250,000 15.47 64.47 48" 0.33 72.0 5.7 6.19 9.60" 3.19 From the above figures, it is seen that a circular sewer designed for a forty year future, according to conditions as- sumed, would have sufficient velocity during times of normal flow, during the first few years of its life. During several hours of the day the flow would drop considerably below the normal, and. at these times, the velocities would probably drop below the critical point. At such times, however, the sewage flow is mostly water, containing a very small percentage of suspended solids. Any depositing of solids, therefore, would not be serious and would be flushed away within a few hours, with the approach to normal flow. Economic considerations generally require the construc- tion of a main or outfall sewer to meet future rather than pres- ent needs. The first cost of a large sewer is much less in pro- portion to the capacities than a smaller sewer, but the con- struction of a sewer adequate to meet the needs of a popula- tion at long periods in the future, often becomes too great a burden upon the present population. In such cases a smaller sewer is advisable. From the preceding figures it is seen that the difference in first cost between a sewer to serve for twenty years and one to serve for forty years is $25,564. and between thirty and forty years, $4,703. Considering then the conditions of growth, as we have estimated them and a sewer constructed for a twenty 3'ear future : — During the first few years of the life of this pipe the annual charges, interest and sinking fund would be less than 31 in the cost of a forty year sewer, but, at the end of twenty years, such a sewer would be inadequate and would either have to be abandoned and a larger sewer l^uilt, or a duplication made. If a duplication, the capacity of the two sewers would be doubled and twice the population, or 292,000 people could be served. AMth the larger pipe the capacity is 72 second feet and at one hundred and twenty-five gallons per capita, 279,190 people could be served. The first cost of the two smaller pipes to serve 292,000 would be $122,980, while the first cost of the larger pipe, which would have practically the same life, would be $87,054. There would, however, be a saving made in favor of the smaller pipe in the interest earnings during the first twenty years. The difTerence in first cost between the smaller sewer and the larger sewer is $25,564, which would earn in twenty years at 4.5% compound interest, $36,086. The first cost then, in the case of the two small sewers would be $86,894 against $87,054 for the larger sewer. These figures, however, do not take into account the addition in unit cost due to the tearing up of pave- ments and their replacement, which would no doubt have to be met twenty years hence in the construction of a duplicate sewer. After a careful consideration of the above figures, we believe it advisable to construct the larger sewer, and would recommend this course to your Honorable Bodies. TREATMENT PLANT:— In the selection of the most suitable method of purification adaptable to the needs of the three cities, the following two factors were considered : — ( 1 ) The degree of purification necessary. (2) A plant to give the desired purification at the least cost. Degree of Purification Necessary. — We believe that the land purchased for farming and disposal of the sewage effluent thereon is sufficiently remote, at the present time, from resi- dential property that clarified sewage effluent could be used for irrigation, without creating any nuisance whatever. And, if the cities owned sufficient land to use such effluent at all times for irrigation purposes, no further purification would 32 be necessary. There will be times, however, when the cities will be unable to use the effluent to advantage, or to sell it to near-by ranchers, and at such times it will be necessary to turn the effluent into the natural drainage channels and thence into the river. If this is to be done a high state of stability would be required, that no nuisance from odors or the pollution of the streams result. It is necessary that a modern purification plant be in con- tinual operation, if results are to be obtained, for it requires some time (a few days to a few weeks) for a filter to ripen and the growth of the proper bacterial jelly to form. Therefore, if at times sewage must be turned into the streams and stability is necessary, a purification plant must be provided and be kept in continual operation. A Plant to Give the Desired Purification at the Least Cost. We would recommend to your Honorable Bodies that the following treatment plant be constructed : — Imhofif clarification tanks, followed by sprinkling filter beds, secondary Imhoff sedimentation tank and sludge drying beds. We recommend this type of plant for the reason that to- day it is the most efficient, proven plant, and will, under proper management and design, give non-putrescible and therefore stable effluent at least cost. A description of a plant of this kind follows, together with a set of complete plans. Before entering the treatment plant, the sewage will pass through a coarse bar screen of 3^"x2" iron bars, spaced 2" center to center and inclined 45° to the horizontal. This screen will catch any large matter that may find its way into the sewer and cause trouble in the throat of the X'enturi meter. The screen can be cleaned once or twice a day by hand. From the screen, the sewage will pass through a 30" x 8" Venturi meter, which will be connected with an indicator and record- ing disk in the office of the laboratory adjoining. This will register automatically the flow of sewage at all times. CLARIFICATION— IMHOFF DESIGN :— These tanks are six in number, each containing three sludge comjjartments. Each tank is designed to serve 10,000 inhabitants with a deten- 33 tion period of three hours. Combined, the tanks will serve for a period of five years. Inasmuch as it is poor policy to construct new tanks every year, this five year period was adopted by this Board. There is sulTficient room to extend these tanks, when the future growth exceeds the present de- signed capacity. The detention period calculated for the pres- ent time can easily be shortened, if found necessary, by regu- lating the gates in the influent channel. The following figures show how this detention period was calculated : Sectional area of sedimentation chamber = 182.52 square feet. Length— 62 ft. 62 ft. x 182.52 sq. ft. = 1 1,316.24 cu. ft. = capacity of each tank. Normal flow 3,000,000 in eighteen hours 3,000,000 „.Qi^, ,, , r • , 1 :r^ — Z ,rs =22,281.64 cu. It. per hour for six tanks or 18x/.48 ^ 99 981 64 - - - - ^ . . '" ' — cu. ft. = 3,/ 13.61 cu. ft. for each tank. Capacitv ot 6 tank = J~. -'" -^3.047 hours detention period or flowing- 3,713.61 through time. \Mth a maximum flow of 7,500,000 gallons for eighteen hours, using the above formula gives 1.22 hours de- tention period. The velocity in the tanks under these condi- tions is about twenty feet per hour for normal flow and forty feet per hour for maximum flow. The sludge compartments for each tank are designed with a storage capacity of five months, based upon 0.00525 cu. ft. of sludge per capita per day. The scum chambers will have an area equal to 20% of the total area of the tank. Inlet channels are to be constructed which will permit reversing the flow of sewage through the tanks. If the sewage were to enter the tank at one end only, there would be a greater deposit of solids in the sludge chamber at this point and would decrease as it approached the opposite end of the tank. Consequently, by reversing the flow every two or three weeks, a more even distribution of the settling solids will be obtained. These inlet channels will have a semi-circular bottom and will be constructed without covers. This will facilitate the work in cleaning out any sediment which may collect in them. The sludge will be drawn ofT by means of 8" cast iron pipes laid beneath the tanks, and connecting the sludge com- 34 partments of each tank to a man-hole. This method will allow the cleaning out of any tank, without resorting to pumps. A perforated water pipe will be placed within the tanks. If any difificulty is found in removing the sludge, in that a cone might be formed through wdiich water instead of sludge might pass, by forcing water through the perforated pipes, the sludge Avould be agitated and the trouble remedied. As the solids accumulate in the sludge chamber, they un- dergo a biolytic disintegration and physical consolidation, de- creasing the volume and water content. The main walls of the tanks are designed as reinforced concrete walls, inner partition walls of cement plaster on Hy- rib metal lath, supported by a frame-work of steel angles. All metal to be covered with concrete. PURIFICATION PLANT Dosing Tanks. From the Imhoff tanks, the clarified ef- fluent will flow in an open channel to the dosing tanks, two in number, of 18,000 gallons capacity each. Stop gates and ad- justable weirs are provided, so that the flow to either tank can be regulated. The tanks are reinforced concrete (see plan No. 3) and designed as taper tanks ; this diminishing of volume with the diminishing of head, gives a better distribution of the sewage over the filter rock. Each tank is provided with a 30" automatic Miller siphon, with provision for raising or lowering both the high and low heads. The normal head will be eight and one-half feet above the nozzle dome, and normal minimum, two and one-half feet. Sprinkling Filters. From the dosing tanks, the effluent passes through a distributing system, as shown, to two units of sprinkling filters, one and one-half acres each, or a total of three acres. The distributing system is assigned to cut the loss of head to a minimum, and in our plans is shown as cast iron. It is possible to use concrete or vitrified pipe encased in concrete for the construction, and a considerable saving would be made if this type were used. Such construction, how- ever, has not proven satisfactory. Leaks occur frequently which are difBcult and costly to repair, owing to the fact that some six or seven feet of filter rock have to be moved. We 35 would therefore recommend the additional first cost of cast iron construction. The main distributors are of 36" and 30" cast iron ; the lat- eral distributors, which feed the sewage to the sprinkling noz- zles, are 6" and 12" cast iron pipe laid on the floor of the filter with cast iron tees to receive the risers. The risers are of 3" cast iron pipe with bells at the top to receive the nozzles. Noz- zles are spaced fifteen feet center to center in triangle arrange- ment, and are designed to throw circular sprays. The varia- tion of the head at the dosing tanks (already mentioned) will vary the spray proportionately. The filters will have an average depth of 6.75 feet from the surface of the rock to the floor, and an average depth of 6.25 feet above the under-drainage system. The filter ma- terial will be of 1^" to 2" broken stone, character not yet de- termined. The floors of the filters are of 3" reinforced con- crete, with a ridge at the center of each bed, the floor dropping 3^-foot from the center to the collectors at the sides. The col- lectors are in the form of concrete channels with circular in- verts, and are one foot deep at the upper ends and two feet deep at the lower, thus giving a fall of one foot in three hun- dred and ten feet, or a gradient of 0.32%. The crushed stone will rest on a false floor system of 6" vitrified half tile drain laid on the cement floor before it is set. This should give am- ple drainage capacity and insure rapid removal of the effluent. The channels are covered with reinforced concrete slabs, spaced with open joints. At the upper ends of the channels, 8" cast iron pipe extends up through the filter rock, thus giving a means of flushing out the channels if found necessary. The sprinkling filters are favorably located from a stand- point of construction cost, the north and south lines being en- tirely within excavation, while the center of the beds is ap- proximately upon the present ground surface. The east and west lines of the beds are in fill, but there will be sufficient earth excavation to more than make this fill and embankment. The outside partition walls are shown as constructed of 2" cement plaster on rib-metal lath. The cost of this construction will be much less than either a gravity wall or a reinforced type of wall, and will answer the purpose as well. The wall will not be subjected to lateral pressure in Z6 any way, as these forces will be counterbalanced by earth em- bankment on the one side against rock filUng^ on the other. Throug^h the center of the beds and separating one from the other, we have allowed for a gallery to contain the main distributing pipes and gate vales. The rock of the filter is re- tained by reinforced cantilever walls the full length of the beds. Means have been provided, if it is necessary at any time to cut out the beds, by passing the untreated sewage directly to the main collectors, by shutting the lateral gate valves and opening 24" sluice gates. The effluent, after having passed through the filter, will be collected by a main collector of 24" and 36" concrete pipe laid on a grade of 0.3% and thence to the secondary settling- tank, yisiu holes are provided for a ready inspection of the collection system and the cleaning of same if found necessary. The filters are designed for a population of 60,000. each acre serving a population of 20,000. Under normal flow, this will give a rate of 1,000,000 gallons per acre daily. \\'ith do- mestic sewage, rates as high as 2,000,000 gallons per acre daily can be handled by such filters, giving good, non-putrescible effluents. On a basis of fifty gallons per capita daily, the average at the present time, three acres of sprinkling filters, at a rate of 2,000,000 gallons per acre daily, would handle 6,000.000 gallons per day, or a population of 120,000 could be cared for. These filters, therefore, based upon our prediction of fu- ture growth, should meet the requirements for a period of fourteen years before additional beds would be required. With the present agreement between Pasadena. South Pasadena and Alhambra, Pasadena will have three years in which to discon- tinue the use of sewage on her present farm. Alhambra, with no internal sewerage system at present, would probably need some two or three years before all of her sewage would reach the plant. In consideration of these facts, we would advise that bonds be voted by those cities for which the voting of bonds will be necessary, for the entire three acres as planned, but at present only one unit or one and one-half acres would be constructed. Bonds for the remaining portion could be held and sold at such times as the additional unit would be needed. 27 SECONDARY CLARIFICATION TANK:— In plan- ning for a secondary tank treatment, we have designed one of the Imhofif type, in order to overcome the objectionable feat- ures of the plain sedimentation tank. This is accomplished by allowing the sludge to accumulate for a period of one hundred and sixty days, thus providing ample time for its ripening and complete decomposition. The capacity of this tank will be 31,769.60 cubic feet or 237,636.61 gallons. With a normal flow of 3,000,000 gallons in eighteen hours this gives 166,666 gallons Der hour 7 -^ v^^ = l--^3 hours which is the detention period. ^ ■ loo ,666 For a maximum flow of 7,500,000 gallons, or two and one-half times the normal flow gives 0.57 hours detention. The sludge compartment contains 12,506 cubic feet, and, assuming that the amount of sludge formed in the secondary tank is one- fourth the amount formed in the preliminary tanks, gives a detention period of one hundred and sixty days. The with- drawal of the sludge and the arrangement of the perforated water pipes is the same as in the preliminary tanks. Loss of Head in Plant. ,,,^^^,.„„ „,!-«, in feet in feet Elevation normal flow line Imhoff Primarj' tanks 341.00 Elev-ation normal high-water level dosing tanks 337.00 4 Elevation normal nozzle dome sprinkling filter 328.41 8.59' Elevation average flow, sprinkling iilters 321.25 7.16' Elevation flow line secondary settling tanks 317.64 3.61' Total Loss Head 23.36' SLUDGE DRYING BEDS :— A drying area of 350 square feet for every 1000 persons tributary to the disposal works is the general practice, the frequency of removal being one of the controlling factors in determining the area required. In California, with our warm, dry climate and the infrequency of rain, drying of sludge from an Imhofif tank has proven to be a simple matter. Rain has practically no retarding efifect on drying, except that there would be the additional time required to drain oflf the rain water. The dried result has the same characteristics as that which has been dried in fine weather. In the plans submitted we have provided for a drying area of 21,000 square feet. This drying bed will consist of sand and gravel one foot deep, under-drained with three-inch 38 tile leading to a six-inch tile collector. There will be twenty separate drying beds, each fifty feet in length by twenty-one feet in width, separated by two-inch redwood partitions. Through the center of the bed there will be a twelve-inch concrete partition wall. Running into each bed will be a twenty-four-inch gauge track, with twelve pound steel rails on steel ties. Cars can then be run directly onto the beds and the sludge loaded and removed for future disposal. By di- viding the drying area into smaller units by means of the redwood partitions, the small beds can be filled and emptied independently, and thus all the stages of the draining can be in operation at once. The sludge is drained from the bottom of the hopper- shaped compartments in the Imhoff tanks by opening valves and permitting the sludge to flow through the discharge pipe. The pressure of the liquid above the sludge compartment greatly facilitates the withdrawal. Care must be taken that the sludge is not withdrawn too rapidly, as fresh sludge would then be drawn ofif with the fully decomposed sludge. Sufficient fall has been provided in the design and location of the drainage beds in order that the sludge will readily flow^ from the tanks to the beds. There it will be spread in layers from eight to twelve inches in depth, regulated according to the requirements. The withdrawal, draining and drying and final disposition of the sludge from this type of tank is so re- markably simple and satisfactory that it is one of the chief characteristics of this method of treatment. ESTIMATES OF COST Cost includes contractor's profit and Workmen's Compen- sation insurance, but does not include engineering, inspection, legal and general expenses. Outfall Sewer 7,1 (X) lin. ft. 45" brick circular sewer $28,400.00 11,300 lin. ft. 48" brick circular sewer 49,917.00 Total 18,400 lin. ft. brick circular sewer $78,317.00 40 Man-holes, average depth 12' 2,400.00 Venturi Meter 30" x 8" complete 1,500.00 Bar screen and chamber 100.00 Total $82,317.00 39 Imhoff Tanks Excavation, 8,800 cu. yards $ 6,600.00 Concrete, 1,935 cu. yards 22,475.00 Inner partition walls, Hy-rib cement plaster 3,550.00 Sludge pipe and fittings, valves, gates, etc. 3,100.00 6 brick man-holes 300.00 Water system 900.00 Total $36,925.00 Springling Filter Excavation 18,180 cu. yards $ 6,364.40 Exterior walls— 10,241 sq. ft. 1,740.97 Reinforced concrete walls 3,210.00 Floor system 31,620.00 Channels 476.00 Man holes 300.00 Effluent collectors 1,081.20 Distribution system 22,848.00 48, 12" hub end gate vales 1,680.00 2—24" shear gates 276.00 Sprinkling nozzles, 648 1,101.60 Crushed rock, 31,868 yds. 71,703.00 Total $142,401.17 Final Settling Basins — Imhoff Type Excavation, 2,571 cu. yds. - $ 1,928.00 Concrete, 584 yds. 6,583.00 Influent pipe, 36" concrete 448.20 Inner partition walls, Hy-rib cement plaster 1,520.05 Effluent pipe 36" -concrete 422.00 7 man-holes - 350.00 Cast iron pipe and iittings, gate valves 385.00 10" vitrified pipe 90.00 Water system 250.00 Total $1 1 ,976.25 Sludge Beds Excavation, 1,000 cu. yds. $ 300.00 Concrete walls (plain) 825.00 Wooden partition walls 165.00 Under drainage system 500.00 Track, switches and two cars 2,181.00 Sludge pipe and valves 458.00 Sand 133 yards 200.00 Rock 652 yards 1,304.00 Total $ 5,933.00 Cost — Miscellaneous Items Sludge pipe, tanks to beds $ 640.00 Water pipe and fittings about plant 635.00 Water main south line tract No. 786 to plant 2,310.00 Open channel from Imhoff tanks to dosing tank 1,050.00 Total $ 4,635.00 40 Dosing Tank 2—30" Miller siphons complete $ 2,500.00 Excavation 710 yards 355.00 Concrete, 109 yards 886.00 $ 3,741.00 Laboratory building 1,000.00 Equipment 500.00 Total $ 5,241 .00 Total cost of entire plant and outfall sewer, exclusive of land $289,428.42 Plus 10% engineering, inspection, miscellaneous.— 28,942.84 Total 318,371.26 Proportioning the costs and maintenance of the outfall sewer and purification works, and the maintenance and revenue of the farm. The outfall sewer and the purification works are desis^ned to provide for the disposal of the sewage from a given pop- ulation, consequently the proportioning of the costs and main- tenance should be on a population basis. A careful study of the population chart accompanying this report reveals the fol- lowing facts, viz : That the combined population of the three cities, their respective population and percentage of the com- bined population are as follows : Year Amt. Pasadena 'I'l S. I'a.sadiMui Alhambra % 1916 60,000 42.000 70 8,000 13.3 10.000 16.6 1921 80,000 54,000 67.5 12,000 15 14,000 17.5 1931 123,000 82,000 66.6 18,000 14.7 23,000 18.7 1941 170,000 1 1 1 ,000 65.3 26,000 15.3 33,000 19.4 1951 220,000 142.000 64.5 34,000 15.5 44.000 20 1956 250,000 160,000 64 40.000 16 50.000 20 and the average of the percentage of each city is ; Pasadena 66.3% ; South Pasadena 15%. and Alhambra 18.7%. If we consider the proposition that each of the three cities were to build a separate outfall sewer to the new farm, we find that it would cost Pasadena $77,924 ; South Pasadena $38.- 244, and Alhambra $38,640, the total of which is nearly twice the cost of a joint outfall sewer. Pasadena now owns two-thirds of the new farm. South Pasadena one-sixth and Alhambra one-sixth, and the estimated proportions to each city, according to popidation, are approx- imately two-thirds, one-sixth, and one-sixth. 41 The estimated cost of a joint outfall sewer on the basis of two-thirds to Pasadena, one-sixth each to South Pasadena and Alhambra, is as follows : — Pasadena, two-thirds of $87,054 $58,036.00 South Pasadena, one-sixth of 87,054 14,509.00 Alhambra, one-sixth of 87,054 14,509.00 Total $87,054.00 From these figures the saving in favor of a joint outfall, to each city, would be ; Pasadena $19,888.00 South Pasadena 23,735.00 Alhambra 24,131.00 \\'e would therefore recommend that the outfall sewer be proportioned on the basis of Pasadena, two-thirds. South Pasa- dena, one-sixth and Alhambra, one-sixth. \\'e realize the fact that any attempt to make an adjust- ment at stated intervals, as when the United States census would be available, would be a very difficult proposition. As the United States census is only taken every ten years, the three cities would have to agree on allowing any radical change which might occur during a ten year period, to be ignored, or else, numerous and costly meters would have to be installed and maintained, the cost of which, we believe, would more than offset the saving between meters and the adoption of the percentage basis. Even though Pasadena would have 80% of the combined population at the end of forty years, and South Pasadena and Alhambra 10% each, the cost of separate outfalls to these cities would still amount to more than their portion of a joint outfall. Considering all of this, w^e believe our recommendation to be absolutely fair to each of the three cities. Any maintenance on the outfall sewer would be paid on the above basis. PURIFICATION WORKS :— The capacity of the purifi- cation works depends solely upon the quantity of sewage con- tributed by the three cities, and, in turn, this amount depends upon a number of factors, which, at the present time, are im- possible of determination, such as ; first, the character of and growth of the cities in question, whether along residential or 42 industrial lines ; second, the increase in population with an increase or decrease in water consumption. With this in mind, the Board of Eng'ineers do not believe it advisable to make any fixed rule for proportioning- the cost of future exten- sions to the plant. We would recommend that the first cost of construction be met by the three cities in the proportion as used in determining the proportion of cost in the outfall sewer, such proportionings based upon present percentages of popu- lation. If. at any time in the future, it is found that extensions are necessary, a survey can then be made to determine the pro- portionate costs. The estimated cost of outfall sewer and the purification plant, exclusive of land, is $318,371.26 and proportioned to the three cities on the basis of two-thirds to Pasadena, one-sixth each to South Pasadena and Alhaml)ra, would be as follows : — Pasadena $212,247.50 South Pasadena 52,961.88 Alhambra 52,961.88 Total $318,271.26 In addition to the first cost to the cities of South Pasadena and Alhambra. there is a royalty for the use of the Patented Imhofif tank. Such charge to Pasadena has already been paid to Dr. ImhofT, based on a population of 60,000. The amount of royalty to each of the cities of South Pasadena and Alham- bra will be $468.00 for South Pasadena and $533.00 for Alham- bra, which will make the total cost to the three cities as fol- fows : — Pasadena $212,247.50 South Pasadena 53,429.88 Alhambra 53,494.88 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE:— Costs of oper- ation and maintenance should be proportioned to the three cities according to their share as represented by their owner- ship in the plant. Pasadena, with a two-thirds interest, to pay two-thirds of the cost and South Pasadena and Alhambra, each with a one, sixth interest, should pay in proportion. REVENUE: — Any revenue derived from the plant from selling of water for irrigation or other uses, or the disposal of •sludge shall be apportioned as in the case of cost of operation and maintenance. 43 MAINTENANCE OF PURIFICATION WORKS:— It is absolutely essential that efficient supervision be constantly maintained at the disposal works. The three cities have pledged themselves to the public to maintain a highly efficient purifica- tion works, and without efficient supervision this would be im- possible. It will be necessary, at all times, to determine whether or not sufficient or insufficient quantities of sewage are passing through the Imhoff tank and whether the sprink- ling filter beds are working successfully. The recording gauges, the dosing apparatus and sprinkling nozzles, and the secondary tanks, must all be intelligently inspected and kept in perfect order. In fact, there are numerous details which will have to receive daily attention. There is only one solution for this and that is the employment of a chemist and bacteriol- ogist, one who is absolutely familiar with a purification works such as we have designed. The entire disposal works with the nessary help and attendants will be in his charge, and the responsibility for the successful operation of the plant Avill be entirely in his hands, ^^'^e would therefore recommend that such a man be employed at a salary of not less than $150 per month. A\'e estimate the cost of operation as follows: — Chemist and bacteriologist $1,800 Three attendants (eight hour shifts) 2.700 One additional day man..... 900 Estimated total cost per year $5,400 FARM : — Pasadena has a two-thirds undivided interest in the farm. South Pasadena one-sixth and Alhambra one-sixth. We do not advise any adjustment in this matter. Any subse- quent purchases that might be made can readily be propor- tioned between the three cities by the same method used in the ])urchase of the new farm. The maintenance of the farm and all revenues should be jiroportioned according to the interest each city has in the farm. CONCLUSION: — In conclusion we wish to express our appreciation for the sup])ort you have given us in making this report. 44 W Iiilc out work has covered a period of over one year, we feci that tliis coukl not be avoided owing- to the duties which our respective offices demanded of us. (lur report would not be as complete as it is, if we had not been allowed a free hand in slathering data, making- field surveys, maps, etc. While at times, the work has been arduous, it has been a pleasure to serve your Honorable Bodies, and the people of the three cities in what we l)elieve to be one of the most important problems now confronting" the people of this country. We wish to express our thanks and a])preciation to City and State officials and other authorities on sewage disposal, who have lieen so courteous in furnishing- us with information and data, much of which could have been obtained from no other source. Respecfully submitted, R. V. ORBISON, CHARLES E. HEWES, JOHN AfacAHLLAN. 45 SEWER CONTRACT BETWEEN PASADENA, SOUTH PASADENA AND ALHAMBRA. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made and entered into this 4th day of December, 1914, by and between the CITY OF PASADENA party of the first part, hereinafter called "Pasadena," the CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA, party of the second part, hereinafter called "South Pasadena," and the CITY OF ALHAMBRA. party of the third part, hereinafter called "Alhambra." \MTNESSETH that \\'HEREAS the parties hereto are municipal corporations of Los Angeles County. State of California, and adjoin each other ; and \\'HEREAS, Pasadena has a practically complete interior sewer system by which its sewage is discharged through the several outfall sewers to the tract of land which it owns and which is known as the "Pasadena City Farm." situated to the south and east of the City of Alhambra. and disposed of on the aforesaid City Farm by means of sejitic tanks, and one (1) of its outfall mains, designated as the Garfield Avenue main, passes through South Pasadena and Alham1:)ra; and A\'II I'^REAS. by reason of the to])ograpliical conditions in Pasadena it is ncccssar}- for said City to puni]) a part of its sewage which is collected over territory lying along the bank of the Arroyo Seco in order to discharge said sewage to any of its outfalls ; and \\TIFREAS. South Pasadena has recently incurred a bonded indebtedness in the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) for the acciuisition and construction of an interior sewer system and the necessary means of disposal of the sewage collected in such interior system, and has act- ually constructed a considerable portion of such interior sys- tem, and desires, as speedily as jjossibie. to construct or ac- quire the use of an outfall sewer including some method of disposing of the sewage without a delay ; and W'l I i'". K EAS. tlie Garfield A\enue main of the Pasadena sewer is so constructed and of sufficient capacity that it can carry ofif the sewage of South Pasadena and Alhambra, as 46 hereinafter provided, and the cHsposal works of Pasadena are available for use in the handling of such additional sewage ; and WHEREAS, good engineering dictates that South Pasa- dena should connect its interior system with said Garfield Avenue main and through its interior system also collect cer- tain sewage of Pasadena, which is now being pumped, and which will be a distinct advantage to Pasadena ; and WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into a con- tract for the construction and maintenance of sewers and ac- quisition of a site for sewage disposal works including the construction of an outfall sewer to connect said Garfield Ave- nue main with said works, for the joint use and benefit of the parties hereto, said contract to be entered into pursuant to an Act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled : "An Act Authorizing Municipal Corporations to Permit Other Mu- nicipal Corporations to Construct and Maintain Sewers, A^^ater-Mains and other Conduits Therein, also to Construct and Maintain Sewers. Water-Mains and other Conduits for the joint Benefit, and at their Joint Expense, and to make and Enter into Contracts for said Purposes." Approved March 22, 1909, as amended by amendment approved March 7th, 1911, and pursuant to the general powers of said Cities as expressed in the general laws or their charters. NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable considerations, mutually given, the receipt of which is hereby acknowdedged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows : EIRST: Alhambra hereby grants to South Pasadena the right to construct and maintain, at its own expense, a sewer main in and along Alhambra Road from Huntington Drive to Fremont Avenue to be constructed of ten (10) inch vitrified, salt glazed sewer pipe, or standard, glazed, machine-made, ce- ment pipe, together with necessary laterals to property line of abutting property ; and also in and along Alhambra Road from Fremont Avenue to Marengo Avenue in South Pasadena, a fourteen (14) inch main of the kind and under the conditions recited above ; and along Alhambra Road from said Marengo 47 Avenue to a point approximately three hundred and seventy- five (375) feet east of said Marengo Avenue, a twenty-one (21) inch pipe of the kind and under the conditions recited above ; and along Alhambra Road from -a point approximately three hundred and seventy-five {375) feet east of said Alarengo Ave- nue to Garfield Avenue ; thence south on Garfield Avenue to a point approximately seventy (70) feet south of the intersection of Grand Avenue and Garfield Avenue, to there connect with the Pasadena Garfield Avenue main, a twenty-seven (27) inch brick or reinforced concrete sewer under the conditions above recited. This permission is granted SUBJECT to the following conditions : (a) The owners of property in Alhambra abutting on said sewer shall have the right to connect their premises there- with, without the payment of any charge or fee imposed by South Pasadena ; (b) Alhambra shall have the right to construct sewers and connect them, without cost as in subdivision (a) next above, with said sewer main, as far as necessary to serve the territory naturally tributary to said main : ( c) South Pasadena, in constructing said main, shall be subject to the general police ordinance of Alhambra in respect to making excavations in its streets and the refilling of same ; (d) The City of Alham1)ra shall have the right to deter- mine the depth and location of said main ; (e) Any litigation arising out of the construction or oper- ation of said main by South Pasadena shall be conducted by said City of South Pasadena, and the expense thereof shall be borne entirely by it. Pasadena hereby grants to Alhambra the right to use the Garfield Avenue main for all property along the line of said main for a distance of four hundred (400) feet on either side of said Avenue, which Alhambra may desire to connect, or cause or permit to be connected with said Garfield Avenue main, without any charge therefor. The City of Alhambra shall have, and is hereby granted the right to connect its interior sewer system when con- structed, or any portion thereof when constructed, with the 48 outfall sewer to be constructed in accordance with this agree- ment, and to use said outfall sewer and the disposal works connected therewith for treatment and care of sewage in ac- cordance with the terms of this agreement. South Pasadena may connect its sewer main constructed as above provided, with the Pasadena Garfield Avenue main at the place there specified, for which permission is hereby granted by Pasadena and may discharge sewage collected by its interior sewer system and the sewage of Pasadena re- ceived in said interior s}'stem as described in the recitals hereof, and the Alhambra sewage discharged into its main as above provided, in subdivisions (a) and (h) aforesaid, into said Garfield Avenue main. Sewage thus discharged, and other- wise discharged by Alhambra, as in paragraph next above provided, will be treated and cared for by the City of Pasadena, together with its sewage in a sanitary manner, so as not to constitute a menace to public health, until the ])resent sewer farm is abandoned as hereinafter provided. SECOND: The use by Pasadena of the interior sewer system of South Pasadena, the right to use which is hereby granted, shall be deemed to compensate Pasadena for allowing the use of its Garfield Avenue main as provided in the first paragraph hereof. THIRD : It is anticipated that during certain months of the year Pasadena will be put to additional expense in caring for sewage discharged on its farm by South Pasadena and Al- hambra through the Garfield Avenue main, by reason of the additional amount of sewage discharged from said main as a result of the arrangement provided for by this contract. South Pasadena will, on demand, compensate Pasadena for any such additional expense. FOURTH : The City Engineers of AlhamlM-a, South Pasadena and Pasadena, are hereby appointed, by virtue of their office and during their incumbency, a BOARD OF EN- GINEERS, with the right in each of said cities at any time to appoint an engineer to act temporarily or permanently on said Board in place of its City Engineer. In the event that there is a change made in the office of City Engineer of either of the cities, then the successor in office shall become a niem- 49 ber of said Board of Engineers in place of his predecessor, or, if any of the cities shall have appointed an engineer on said Board of Engineers in place of their City Engineer, then, if said Engineer so appointed fails, or refuses to act on said Board for a period of more than ten (10) days, or if there is a vacancy in the office of City Engineer of either city for a period of more than ten (10) days, and no one is appointed to act on said Board to fill said vacancy, or if any City Engineer fails, or refuses to act for a period of more than ten (10) days, then the remaining member or members of said Board may proceed with the business of the Board without the presence or vote of said member, or members so absent. Said Board shall act only by unanimous vote, subject to the provisions of paragraph "SIXTH" hereof. Said Board of Engineers shall forthwith proceed to pre- pare plans and specifications for an outfall sewer and disposal works complete, said outfall sewer to connect with said Gar- field Avenue main, and shall make a report, as soon as possible, showing the available locations for disposal w^orks. Copies of said plans and specifications and report shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk of each of the parties hereto. FIFTH : Upon the preparation of said plans and speci- fications and presentation of said report showing various avail- able locations for disposal works, and the filing thereof as above provided, and on the filing of the findings as to the apportionment of the cost thereof, as hereinafter provided, all of which must be done within six (6) months after the execution of this agreement, the legislative body of the City of Alhambra shall select one (1) of said available sites and shall, as soon as practicable, propose a bond issue to the people of said City for the purpose of raising sufficient funds to pay said City's share of the cost of said outfall sewer and disposal works, and of the site so selected, and shall forthwith proceed to call and hold a special election for the purpose of author- izing said issue of bonds, PROV^IDED, that failure to hold said election at an early date, or the failure of said bond elec- tion to carry, shall not in any wise afifect the validity of this contract, and as soon as funds are available in the treasury of Alhambra for the purpose of paying its share of the cost of acquiring said site, and necessary rights of way, and con- 50 structing said outfall sewer and disposal works, then the City of Alhambra shall acquire, by purchase or condemnation (the expense to be borne as hereinafter provided), the site selected as aforesaid, and shall advertise for bids for the construction and installation of said outfall sewer and disposal works, and shall proceed to let said contract and construct said work, all under and in accordance with the terms of an Act of the Legis- lature of the State of California, entitled : '"An Act Author- izing Municipal Corporations to permit other Municipal Corp- orations to construct and maintain Sewers, Water-Mains and other Conduits therein, also to construct and maintain Sewers. ^^'ater-Mains and other Conduits for their joint benefit, and at their joint expense, and to make and enter into Contracts for said purposes." approved Alarch 22nd. 1909. as amended by amendment approved March 7th. 1911, and as now in force, and Alhambra is hereby designated as the City to do said things. SIXTH : If at any time any disagreement should arise between the parties hereto in regard to the interpretation of this contract, or in the doing of any of the things provided therein to be done, then the Board of Engineers, or the govern- ing bodies, of the parties thereto, as the case may be. shall, if they are unable to agree, each appoint an arbitrator and the United States Engineer at San Pedro, and the Consulting En- gineer of the State Board of Health shall, with the three (3) so appointed, act as a BOARD OF ARBITRATION ; but in the event that either of the two officers above designated shall refuse, or be unable to act, their place or places on the said Board shall be filled by Engineers to be appointed by the Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Southern Division. The de- cision of said Board of Arbitration, or a majority thereof, sliall be final and binding. SEVENTH : All payments of every description to be made under this contract, or under any contract entered into pursuant hereto, or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of court, or Board of Arbitration, or reference or cost and ex- pense of litigation arising hereunder, shall, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, be made in a proportion to be determined upon by the Board of engineers according to the 51 benefits to be derived by the parties from the use of the said outfall sewer and disposal works, and the findings of said Board in the -matter shall be filed in writing with the City Clerk of each of the parties hereto, and shall include a definite scheme or plan by which at certain stated intervals the pro- portionate share of all sums needed for the operation, repair, renewal or maintenance of said work provided herein to be done, shall be adjusted according to the benefits derived by the parties hereto at said stated times, and each city shall be liable only for the proportion provided to be paid by it, and each city hereby obligates itself to pay said proportion promptly. EIGHTH : The parties shall, until a different scheme of sewage disposal than that recited herein is agreed upon by them, keep and maintain said outfall sewer and disposal works to be constructed under the system proposed hereunder, in good order and repair, and shall cause the same to be oper- ated for the disposal of sewage of the parties hereto, and such other parties as may be able to agree with the parties hereto, upon terms for the use of same. XIXTH: Pasadena further agrees to discontinue en- tirely the use of its City Farm for sew'age disposal as soon as practicable after the outfall sewer and disposal works pro- vided for herein shall be constructed and already for use, and further agrees to divert at once, upon the completion of said outfall sewer and disposal works, at least one-third (Ys) of the sewage then discharged on said Farm to said outfall sew^er, and to divert without one ( 1 ) year thereafter, one-half of the remaining two-thirds (%) of the said sewage, and to divert within one (T) year thereafter the entire remainder of said sewage to said outfall sewer and works, due allowance to be made for the time during which Pasadena may be prevented by injunction or other causes not its owai fault, from using said outfall sewer after the commencing of said period, PRO- \"IDED that the delayed user of said sewer shall not afifect the payment of the proportionate shares, but said payments shall be made in the same amount as if Pasadena and South Pasadena were to divert their entire amount of sewage to said sewer as soon as said sewer was completed. 52 TX WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Pasadena has caused this contract to be executed in triplicate on the 18th day of December. 1914, by the Chairman of its Commission, and its corporate seal to be affixed by its City Clerk, both thereunto duly authorized by Resolution No. 3657 of said City ; and the City of South Pasadena has caused this contract to 1),' executed in triplicate on the 14th day of December, 1914, by the President of its Board of Trustees, and its corporate sea! to be affixed by its City Clerk, both thereunto duly authorized by Resolution No. 771 of said City; and the City of Alhambra has caused this contract to be executed in triplicate on the 14th day of January, 1915, by the President of its Board of Trustees, and its corporate seal to be affixed by its City Clerk, both thereunto duly authorized by C)rdi- nance No. 838 of said City. CITY OF PASADENA. By R. L. Metcalf. (SEAL) Chairman of its Commission. ATTEST: Heman Dyer, Clerk of the City of Pasadena. CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA. By Ernest V. Sutton, (SEAL) President of its Board of Trustees. ATTEST : B. V. Garwood, Clerk of the City of South Pasadena. CITY OF ALHAMBRA, By J. B. Sexton. (SEAL) President of its Board of Trustees. ATTEST: Walter M. Eddy, Clerk of the City of Alhambra. Approved as to form : John Munger, City Attorney of the City of Pasadena. 53 ANALYSES OF PASADENA'S SEWAGE (Parts Per Million) From July 22, 1915, to October 7, 1915 Solids Solids Nitro- Flow Xitro- Nitrogen Nitrogen as Total in in Sus- gen as in cu.ft. gen as as Free Albunimoid Chlor- Date Time Solids Solution pension Nitrates per Hr. Nitrates Ammonia Amnion ine 10-7-15 1 a.m. 720 548 172 None 1000 None 37.5 6.25 109.92 10-7-15 1 a.m. 644 510 134 37.5 5.00 88.65 10-7-15 2 a.m. 544 474 70 780 37.5 4.00 52.19 10-7-15 2 a.m. 656 554 102 37.5 5.00 127.65 9.23-15 3 a.m. 460 426 34 640 30.0 2.00 180.84 9-23-15 3 a.m. 670 590 80 40.0 7.40 248.22 9-23-15 4 a.m. 420 378 42 610 62.5 2.40 159.57 9-23-15 4 a.m. 596 542 54 40.4 5.40 265.95 9-16-15 5 a.m. 1024 390 634 720 20.0 18.00 42.56 9-16-15 5 a.m. 600 520 80 30.0 2.40 120.56 9-16-15 6 a.m. 400 350 50 620 22.5 2.20 42.56 9-16-15 6 a.m. 510 480 30 •' 25.0 2.00 106.38 8-26-15 7 a.m. 424 390 34 1520 20.0 2.20 67.37 8-26-15 7 a.m 526 524 2 30.0 2.00 112.05 8-26-15 8 a.m. 382 372 10 1400 20.0 1.40 53.89 8-26-15 8 a.m. 478 470 8 " 25.0 2.00 97.16 7-29-15 9 a.m. 460 364 96 1300 20.0 6.00 60.20 7-29-15 9 a.m. 480 450 30 " 20.0 3.00 106.38 7-22-15 10 a.m. 1390 612 778 1260 50.0 16.00 151.90 7-22-15 10 a.m. 714 578 136 50.0 10.00 106.38 8-19-15 11 a.m. 1156 824 332 1070 00.0_ 69.00 230.49 8-19-15 11 a.m. 872 654 218 56.25 9.50 145.39 9-2-15 Noon 1042 336 706 1480 00.0 50.00 217.72 9-2-15 Noon 766 630 136 00.0 49.00 129.07 9-2-15 1 p.m. 920 606 314 1150 22.5 12.00 80.84 9-2-15 1 p.m. 844 738 106 " 34.37 6.00 154.60 9-16-15 2 p.m. 964 630 334 1260 12.50 7.00 138.29 9-16-15 2 p.m. 780 626 154 " " 31.25 5.00 95.74 10-7-15 3 p.m. 676 546 130 1400 7.50 40.00 106.38 10-7-15 3 p.m. 720 604 116 28.125 3.75 106.38 8-19-15 4 p.m. 896 530 366 1040 25.0 9.40 79.40 8-19-15 4 p.m. 680 604 76 25.0 4.50 97.80 8-12-15 5 p.m. 570 376 194 1070 00.0 5.0 35.40 8-12-15 5 p.m. 518 418 100 " " 25.0 3.50 53.19 8-12-15 6 p.m. 462 334 128 960 10.0 3.0 46.09 8-12-15 6 p.m. 492 400 92 " 12.5 3.0 42.55 8-19-15 7 p.m. 2010 526 1484 900 25.0 25.0 74.46 8-19-15 7 p.m. 610 544 66 •' " 25.0 4.5 78.01 8-19-15 8 p.m. 552 434 118 970 18.75 5.5 63.83 8-19-15 8 p.m. 554 526 28 " 25.00 3.0 70.92 8-26-15 9 p.m. 644 426 218 990 64 13.75 6.0 55.34 8-26-15 9 p.m. 578 490 88 4. 21.875 3.0 75.88 8-26-15 10 p.m. 574 426 148 990 None 20.0 5.0 56.73 8-26-15 10 p.m. 536 " 18.75 3.5 67.37 9-2-15 11 p.m. 880 482 398 1330 00.0 49.0 87.23 9-2-15 11 p.m. 570 530 40 ■' 00.0 31.2 85.10 9-2-15 Midnight 1632 626 1006 1220 22.5 27.5 75.88 9-2-15 Midnight 586 566 20 " " 25.0 3.6 90.06 FRANK E. 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