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back in '37 were in the order of 90,000,000 gallons a day. Now, in the winter, we are up to about 150,000,000 gallons a day, and our summer load is in the order of 194,000,000 gallons, a tremendous increase which has been commensurate with population growth.

Mr. BATES. What other than Federal Government buildings and institutions, what other properties or individuals do you serve free with water in the District?

Mr. AULD. We serve charities.

Mr. BATES. All charities?

Mr. AULD. They must qualify under the law, as the law calls them eleemosynary institutions, and it is set forth in the code that the Comsioners are authorized to furnish Potomac water without charge to charitable institutions and for such institutions as receive annual appropriations from Congress to an amount to be fixed in each case by the said Commissioners, not to exceed a rate of 100 gallons per day for each inmate in said institutions; and working within that a number of free accounts exist. You will note there is a limitation of 100 gallons per inmate, and that may be fixed at the lower figure, and it results that a number of institutions pay for excess consumption. Mr. BATES. What about private schools?

Mr. AULD. I have the number of those here. There are 26 private schools; there are 10 hospitals; there are 34 homes and orphan asylums; there are 11 settlement houses; 4 convents; there are 343 churches, and 2 in the miscellaneous category; I am not just sure what they are.

Mr. BATES. What is the sum total of gallons they use, and the estimate of cost applied on the same basis?

Mr. AULD. Their total consumption last fiscal year was 139,994,932 gallons; the value of that was $13,101.13; it is not a great amount. Mr. BATES. That is all I have, except that we will put those figures and the chart in the record at this point.

(The documents referred to were as follows:)

Services furnished free to the United States by District of Columbia water system

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Direct water consumption: Federal buildings, agencies, and establishments, fiscal year 1946.

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Also, following Federal institutions whose consumption is listed ordinarily with District of Columbia government consumptions:

National Zoological Park.

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Washington Monument.

Potomac Park

Rock Creek Park.

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Other parks and reservations.

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Also provide all water for fire protection purposes without charge: In addition to direct service of supplying water, the Water Division furnishes certain minor incidental services for which no charge is made. These include certain investigations for location of leaks on Federal water services (actual repairs, if made by the Water Division, are charged for), occasional advice on design of water distribution systems on Federal property, and checking of large meters, in place, for accuracy (incidental to leakage and waste surveys of the water distribution system). The cost of these incidental services is difficult to evaluate

Water Division, District of Columbia—Annual record: Operation and maintenance, pumpage and consumption

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Water Division, District of Columbia—Annual record: Operation and maintenance, pumpage and consumption

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