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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    ready carried out to a limited extent by Mr. Moore, Superintendent of the Water Works. If the use, in the Eden Reservoir, of one settling- basin and one dam for aeration, removes the sewage in amount up to twenty per cent., as proven by the analyses of Prof. Stuntz, it would seem possible by multiplication of cascades and reservoirs in which the water is carried to the top of the hill and alternately settled and dashed into spray many times over gran- ite rocks to furnish a water much clearer and purer than we now have. The natural conditions of the Eden Park Reser- voir, on account of the surrounding hills, is well adapted for the carrying out of this plan of aera- tion, without great cost to the city. The supplementary report on cistern water which we also transmit with that on the general water sup- ply, is of especial interest to inhabitants of suburban residences as well as to all who use rain-water in cis- terns. This water, it is probable, is generally overrated in purity and wholesomeness, and the possible contam- ination by surface drainage and by badly constructed privies is in many cases entirely overlooked. A few rules in the management of cisterns are to be derived from the report: 1. Cisterns should be repeatedly and thoroughly cleansed, and especially those receiving water from roofs of dwellings.