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HISTORY

OF THE WATER SUPPLY

OF THE

BOROUGH OF BEAVER

BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

 

By Harry Phillips

 

Published jointly by the Beaver Area Heritage Foundation and the Beaver County Tourist Promotion Agency.


Beaver Area Heritage Foundation

OFFICERS 1972

President - Mathew P. Maljevec

Vice President - Robert Quay

Treasurer - Charles Hughes

Secretary - Mrs. Eleanor Wagoner

 

DIRECTORS

Balint, Robert

Carver, Frank F.

Horter, John

Morrow, Robert C.

Nelson, Leon H.

Wilson, Jr., Hazen H.

Worbs, Frank C.

Dr. Wilson, Ruth

Meehan, Miss Winifred

Hamilton, Mrs. Jean

Clark, Mrs. Frank

 

ADVISORS

 

John N. Sawyer

President Judge Beaver County Courts

Ralph Scalera, Federal Judge

 

Jack Malone

Editor, Editorial Page, Beaver County Times

 

James M. Weyand M.D.

Dave M. Carver Sr.

Community Leader


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Water - A Definiton

The Nature of Water

People, Water and History

The Borough of Beaver and Water

Judge Alexander Addison

Early Reservoirs

Dr. Joseph H. Bausman

Beaver Borough Municipal Authority

The Distribution System and Total Investment

Per Capita Water Consumption

The Sewage Treatment Plant

Who Owns the "Water Lot"?