122 



AS TO WATER NOT ACCOUNTED FOR 



sistently suppressed through a long period of years, is Fall 

 River. The statistics for Fall River,* presented by Mr. R. D. 

 Chase in very convenient form, are as follows: 



Based on population of 122,231, May i, 1914. 



European Experience. American cities in general have not 

 paid as much attention to the suppression of waste and the com- 

 plete accounting for all water supplied as have some 'European 

 cities, where the meter system was adopted long ago and where 

 a larger percentage of water is accounted for. 



*N.E.W.W. Assn., Vol. XXX, p. 391, 1916. 



