Water supplies : their purification, filtration, and sterilisation; a handbook for the use of local and municipal authorities / by Samuel Rideal and Eric K. Rideal.

  • Rideal, Samuel, 1863-1929.
Date:
1914
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Water supplies : their purification, filtration, and sterilisation; a handbook for the use of local and municipal authorities / by Samuel Rideal and Eric K. Rideal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I PURE WATER—INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS OF NATURAL WATERS PAGE Comparative Purity—Gaseous Contents—Mineral Solids—Saline and Medicinal Sources—Industrial Salts ....... I CHAPTER II ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE IMPURITIES Soluble Organic Matter—Deposits, Dead and Living—Presence of Plankton —Fish—Animals—Protozoa—Algae—Bacteria—The Iron Algae—The Sulphur Organisms—Soil Bacteria I CHAPTER III SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY Particular Supplies—Tanks—Wells—Saturation Line—Tube or Artesian Wells—Dug Wells—Testing a Source for Pollution—Springs—Rain Water—Streams and Rivers—Public Supplies—Distillation of Sea- Water 27 CHAPTER IV DISTRIBUTION Historical Notes—Size and Material of Pipes—Attacks on the Delivery System by Frost, Corrosion, Plumbo-solvency, Electrolytic Action, Obstructions in Pipes, Water Hammer, Leakage—Temperature . . 44 Oi