Overview of the Collection |
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Repository: | Dallas Municpal Archives |
Creator: | Dallas Water Utilities |
Title: | Dallas Water Utilities Records |
Dates: | 1886 - 1999 |
Quantity: | 33.5 linear feet |
Abstract: | Records documenting the Dallas water system |
Identification: | 91-060 [Addition] |
Language: | Records are in English |
Unpublished reports and studies, correspondence and memoranda, statistical data, maps and plans, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and printed materials.
Collection documents the history, development, and operations of Dallas Water Utilities (DWU), the self-financed City of Dallas department responsible for water collection and distribution. DWU serves a population of approximately 1,211,000 customers in Dallas, 862,457 in wholesale customers cities (treated water), and 129,993 in wholesale customer cities (untreated water) in a service area of approximately 699 square miles. Dallas’ surface water supply comes from five reservoirs – Lakes Lewisville, Grapevine, Ray Hubbard, Tawakoni, and Ray Roberts. Water purification is conducted at three plants, East Side, Elm Fork, and Bachman, treating around 855 million gallons a day. Water is distributed by means of 23 pump stations and stored in 21 storage tanks (nine elevated, twelve ground) and conveyed through 4,639 miles of water main. Wastewater is treated at two plants, Central and Southside, at 260 million gallons a day.
Dallas Water Utilities began as the City of Dallas Waterworks in 1881 when the City purchased a privately-owned water company that had been providing Dallas with water since the 1870s. When Browder Springs proved an inadequate water source, The City turned to surface water sources such as the Trinity River and manmade lakes (Bachman [1903]; White Rock [1913]; Lakes Lewisville [1929]; Lake Grapevine [1952]; Lake Tawakoni [1963]; Lake Ray Hubbard [1970]; Lake Ray Roberts [1980]; Lake Fork [2009]; and Lake Palestine [2015]).
The bulk of the collection is original documents, though approximately 30% of the collection is photocopied material. Original order was maintained in series judged to be intact, but parts of the collection required an imposed arrangement.
Archivist's note: This collection comprises one of several additions and is not comprehensive. Please see other additions for missing portions of series. For photographs, please see the separate Collection Guide Number 29-A.
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Index Terms |
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Dallas -- Texas -- History | ||
Dallas (Tex.). Water Utilities Dept. -- History. | ||
Water Supply -- Dallas (Tex.) -- History | ||
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Box: | Folder: | Title, Date | |||||||||
Dallas Water Utilities Water and Wastewater Operations | |||||||||||
1 | Reservoirs, 1899 -1987 | ||||||||||
2 | Dams, 1909 -1981 | ||||||||||
3 | Garza Dam construction correspondence 1923-1927 | ||||||||||
4 | Wells and water supplies, 1909 -1970 | ||||||||||
Facilities: | |||||||||||
5 | Pump stations, 1925 -1983 | ||||||||||
6 | Pump stations, 1923 -1984 | ||||||||||
7 | Pump stations - Bachman, 1929 -1969 | ||||||||||
8 | Water purification plants - Bachman, 1931 -1972 | ||||||||||
9 | Water purification plants (East Side, Demonstration Plant), 1957 -1980 | ||||||||||
10 | Water purification plants - Elm Fork, 1951 -1989 | ||||||||||
11 | Wastewater treatment plants (South Dallas, White Rock, South Side), 1954 -1973 | ||||||||||
Distribution and collection: | |||||||||||
12 | General facilities history, 1973 and undated | ||||||||||
13 | Sewers and wastewater collection, 1937 -1981 | ||||||||||
14 | Equipment documentation and manuals, 1920s - 1950s | ||||||||||
15 | Equipment documentation and manuals, 1970s - 1980s and undated | ||||||||||
16 | Procedures, standards, and manuals, 1930 - 1980 | ||||||||||
17 | Plans and engineering drawings [photocopies], 1923 -1974 | ||||||||||
18 | Water and process testing, 1944 -1984 | ||||||||||
Dallas Water Utilities Capital Improvement Operations | |||||||||||
19 | Dallas Water Utilities bond programs and improvements, 1905 -1990 | ||||||||||
Reports and studies: | |||||||||||
20 | Master plans and long-range water supply plans, 1900 -1934, 1955 -1959 | ||||||||||
21 | Bartholomew Plan, 1943 -1945 | ||||||||||
22 | Reports and studies on water distribution and collection, 1887 -1938 | ||||||||||
23 | Reports and studies on water distribution and collection, 1938 -1955 | ||||||||||
24 | Reports and studies on water distribution and collection, 1956 -1969 | ||||||||||
25 | Reports and studies on water distribution and collection, 1970 -1977 | ||||||||||
26 | Reports and studies on water distribution and collection, 1980 -1988 | ||||||||||
27 | Reports and studies on water distribution and collection, mixed dates and undated | ||||||||||
Dallas Water Utilities Administrative Records | |||||||||||
Legal Materials: | |||||||||||
28 | Dallas Water Utilities legal cases and subjects, 1914 -1981 | ||||||||||
Dallas City Council water-related records: | |||||||||||
29 | Water-related Dallas City Council minutes and ordinances, 1873 -1978 | ||||||||||
Historical Data: | |||||||||||
30 | Dallas Water Utilities historical data - general, 1914 -1981 | ||||||||||
31 | Dallas Water Utilities historical data - general, 1936 -1977 | ||||||||||
32 | Dallas Water Utilities historic pumpage data, 1893 -1989 | ||||||||||
33 | Newspaper clippings on Dallas Water Utilities facilities and history, 1929 -1976 | ||||||||||
34 | Newspaper clippings on Dallas Water Utilities facilities and history, 1977 and undated | ||||||||||
Annual Reports: | |||||||||||
35 | Dallas Water Utilities facilities reports, 1928 -1946 | ||||||||||
Dallas Water Utilities annual reports and division reports, 1892 -1940 | |||||||||||
Dallas Water Utilities facilities budgets, 1899 -1965, 1990 | |||||||||||
City of Dallas annual reports, 1889 -1905 | |||||||||||
Vouchers and Accounting Records: | |||||||||||
36 | Vouchers and accounting books [Bassett Books], 1886 -1906 | ||||||||||
37 | Vouchers and accounting books [Bassett Books], 1910 -1923 | ||||||||||
38 | Vouchers and accounting books, construction accounts, emergency requisitions, and gas use logs, 1925 -1931, 1954 -1981 | ||||||||||
Payroll and Time Reporting Records: | |||||||||||
39 | Payroll and time reporting records, 1913 -1974 | ||||||||||
Administrative Correspondence and Personnel Records: | |||||||||||
40 | Karl F. Hoefle administrative correspondence, 1924 -1966 | ||||||||||
Edgar Whedbee administrative correspondence, 1950 -1960 | |||||||||||
41 | Henry Graeser administrative correspondence, 1950 -1960 | ||||||||||
Dallas Water Utilities staff records [Billings, Grimes, Stringer, Driskall], 1939 -1979 | |||||||||||
42 | M.E. Bolding correspondence, 1942 -1984; DWU personnel data and regulations, 1942 -1984 | ||||||||||
43 | DWU personnel data and regulations, 1942 -1984 | ||||||||||
Published Materials: | |||||||||||
44 | Dallas Water Utilities official publications, mixed dates | ||||||||||
Municipal News and Views newsletter, 1964 -1984 | |||||||||||
Ephemera, 1933 -1986 and undated | |||||||||||
45 | Ephemera, 1959 -1983 and undated | ||||||||||
46 | Non-Dallas publications, 1939 -1949, 1962 -1977 | ||||||||||
Oversized Scrapbooks [press clippings]: | |||||||||||
47 | Dallas Water Utilities history, 1951 -1954 | ||||||||||
48 | Dallas Water Utilities history, 1951 -1956 | ||||||||||
49 | Dallas Water Utilities history, 1952 -1958 | ||||||||||
50 | Dallas Water Utilities history, 1962 -1966 | ||||||||||
51 | Dallas Water Utilities history, 1963 -1965 | ||||||||||
52 | Dallas Water Utilities history, 1967 | ||||||||||
53 | Dallas Water Utilities history, 1969 -1979 | ||||||||||