Report of analyses of Ohio River water : with a supplementary report of analyses of cistern water, determining the presence of sewage and other impurities / by C.R. Stuntz. With the report of the Sanitary Committee on the public water supply.

  • Stuntz, C. R.
Date:
1881
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Credit: Report of analyses of Ohio River water : with a supplementary report of analyses of cistern water, determining the presence of sewage and other impurities / by C.R. Stuntz. With the report of the Sanitary Committee on the public water supply. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The numerical expression of the comparative amount of sewage may also be made by the method suggested by Wanklyn, which consists in multiplying the so-called al- bumenoid ammonia by ten (10) for the entire sewage. In the following tables this amount is computed in avoirdu- pois pounds to the million United States gallons : Table for Comparison of Total Sewage. Pounds op Sewage in 1,000,000 Gallons op Water. Date. 1880. Dayton Sand Beach. Markley Farm. Pumping Works. Eden Reservoir. Lower River, Storrs. Eggleston Avenue Sewer. Croton, New York. Loch. Katrine, Glasgow. Thames, London, Supply. Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Mass. Mystic River, Boston, MasB. Fairmount, Philadelphia. Sept. 17 to Oct. 10... Nov. 1 to Nov. 3... Nov. 9 .82 .62 2.03 1.41 1.00 2.00 5.23 3.50 1.81 1.30 1.78 1.66 1.96 1.65 4.41 .98 .65 .50 1.50 1.83 1.58 Dec. 2 to Dec. 14.. 11.39 6.07 10.00 17.91 From River Bottom—December 28. Pumping Works, 3.53; Sedamsville, 7.35. General Average—Dayton, Sand Beach, 1.35; Markley Farm, 2.17: Pumping Works, 4.18; Eden Reservoir, 3.17; Lower River, Storrs, 5.94. DEDUCTIONS FROM THE TABLES. It must be borne in mind that the averages here given express the amount of sewage somewhat higher than it is on the average through the year. They are based upon one good condition of Water, and upon others that reach from bad to the worst. The water from September 17th to October 16th gives about the average condition of the several specimens for the year.