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1 1 1 1 I I I 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 are changed without consultation with the Town and illegal use of the water is predominate. With reference to the last noted weir reading on the 9" Parshall Flume of 264.81 gpm, it can similarly be noted that a tremendous amount of water goes into the Town's system. At the time of the reading, the reser- voirs were full and spillage of water from the overflow pipe in the wet well was very low. Thus it can be assumed that this quantity is flowing directly into the Town's system. As tne Town is not metered, no actual usage figur", can be derived. Therefore, in lieu of actual figures an arithmetical solution will be employed. In noting the discharge from the sewage treatment plant, the flows have ranged from 1 gpm at 4:00 a.m. to a high of 43 gpm at 6:30 p.m. Using an average of 22 gallons per minute, the total discharge is 31,680 gallons per day. Basing the overall users on the system at approximately 300, the theoretical usage per person averages 105.6 gallons per day. However, in basing the usage on the Parshall reading, the total overall use is 1,271 gallons per person per day. The difference between the two is 1,165.4 gallons per person per day. As there are no major industries with high water usage, commercial use limited, and watering of lawns completely restricted, the extremely high use can be attributed mainly to line losses in the service, distribution and trans- mission lines. A more accurate account of the actual flow which enters the Town can only be determined by a flow meter. If one were to be installed, it should be placed in-line in the chlorination house. This would eliminate inclusion of the losses suffered in spillage from the concrete wet well. Although there are no available means of measuring the flow of water 10