INDEX.

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Absorption of water, 49

Adkins & Co., charcoal filter plates, 31

Alum, use of, 31

Altitudes of Ohio, 97-99, 102, 109, 121

Analyses of filtering materials, 31, 32

Analysis of water—Methods of, 8, 10

Sanitary value, 11

Surface water, 48

Tables of, 9, 10, 117

Well water, 40, 104, 109

Aqueducts, date of, 56

Description of, 53

Examples of, 5, 26, 53, 71, 74, 88, 90

Roman aqueducts, 5

System of, 53

Aeration, effect of, 15, 16, 20

Methods of, 33, 34

Value of, 33

Arsenic in water, 25

Artesian Wells—Analysis of, 109

Boring and cost of, 107

At Cincinnati, 106

Description of, 40, 42, 43, 107

Examples of, 42, 43, 90

Laws of, 40

Temperature of, 42

Baltimore—Aqueduct of, 55

Dams of, 58

History of, 72

Water rates, 126, 127

Berlin—History of water-works, 85

Meter rates, 127

Bombay—History of water-works, 91

Bonded indebtedness water-works, 73, 74, 77, 79

Borax, use of, 31

Boston—Aqueduct of, 54, 55

Dams of, 58

History of water-works, 70

Pollution of water, 25

Protection of water, 118

Water revenue & expense, 126, 127

Broad Street pump, London, deaths from, 14

Buffalo—History of water-works, 73

Water revenue & expense, 126, 127

Carbide of Iron, value of, 31

Carbonates in water, 24

Cast-Iron water pipes, 128

Charcoal, value of, 31

Chicago—His. of water supply, 26, 70

Pumping engines, cost of, 67

Tunnels, description of, 55

Water revenue & expense, 126, 127

Cholera caused by impure water, 12, 118

Cincinnati—Altitude of, 109, 110, 114, 121

Anticlinal, 97

Aeration of water, 34

Cost of engines, 64, 67

Duty of engines, 62

Gravity supply, water-sheds, 109

Hardness of water, 115

History of water-works, 77

Kirkwood’s survey, 113

Markley Farm, 120

Moore’s survey, 124

Newport plan, 125

Pollution of supply, 119, 121

Protection of supply, 124

Scowden’s survey, 120

Riparian rights of, 111

Water revenue & expense, 126, 127

Well-water supply, 102, 106

Clark’s system, 34, 35

Cleaning water-pipes, 128

Cleveland—History of water supply, 26, 76

Component parts of water, 7

Concretions in water pipe, 128

Conduits—See aqueducts.

Construction of water-works, 114, 125

Consumption of water, 131

Cost of water-works—See historical account, 68

Cornish engines, 61, 62, 69, 75, 83

Covered reservoirs, 34, 83, 91

Croton aqueduct, 53

Dams, 56, 57, 58, 71, 76, 83, 93

Dayton (Ky.) sand-beach, 115

Deposition of water, 18, 24

Detroit—New supply, 26

Dilution of water, 18, 20

Dividends of Water Companies, 76, 85, 128

Dresden—History of water supply, 89

Dublin—Aqueduct of, 54

Dams of, 57

History of water supply, 84

Water rates, 127

Duty, tables of, 61, 62

Fuel expense, 67

Term of, 61

Edinburgh—History of water supply, 84

Engines for pumping water, 61, 62, 64, 67, 81

Evaporation, tables of, etc, 49, 52, 90

Filtration of water, 29, 32, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90, 114

Frankfort-on-the-Main—History of water supply, 88

Friction in water pipes, 129

Genoa (Italy), filtering gallery, 28

Geology—Structure of, for gravity supply, 50

Geology of Ohio, 93

Glasgow—Aqueduct of, 53

Cholera epidemics, 13

Filtering gallery, 28

History of water supply, 83

Value of its soft water, 35

Gravitation—Cost of, 58, 125

Geological structure, 50

Examples of, see Chapter V, 68

Objectionable sites, 50

Points on, 50

Short supply, 49

Surface water, 48

System of supply, 47

Water-shed resources, 49, 51, 84, 85

Vegetable impurities, 26

Great Miami River, 110, 116

Grenelle well, 42

Hamburg—History of, 88

Water rates, 127

Hardness of water, 24, 34, 35, 115, 128

Hemp joint, effect of, 129

High service, examples of, 68, 69, 71, 77, 78

Holly system, 61, 63, 64, 74

Husband’s balance valve, 66

Impurities in water, 7, 22, 24, 25, 26, 34, 35

India—Dams of, 57

Reservoirs of, 6

Indianapolis—New supply, 26

Infiltration, 27, 28, 29, 87

Inspections for waste of water, 83, 85

Intakes, change of, 12, 120

Intercepting wells, 46

Kirkwood’s, J. P. survey of, 113

Laramie reservoir, 110

Lead pipes, effect of soft water, 129

Leipsic—History of water supply, 89

Lewiston reservoir, 110

Little Miami River, 122

Liverpool—History of, 49, 58, 83

Well supply, 37

London—Cholera epidemics, 12

Covered reservoirs, 34

Filtration and subsidence, 29, 32

Hardness of water, 35

History of water supply, 20, 80

Pollution of water, 20, 120

Projected supplies, 38, 82

Stand pipes, 65

Thames water, 20, 120

Well supply, 37, 38, 106

Cost of works, 125

Louisville—History of water sup., 75

Stand-pipe, 65

Water revenue & expense, 126, 127

Lowell—Filtering gallery, 27

Lynn (Mass.)—Wells of, 46

Lyons (France)—Filtering gallery, 28

Madrid (Spain)—Aqueduct of, 54

Mad River, 110

Magnesia, effect of, 24

Maintenance of water-works, 69, 75, 80, 86, 127

Manchester (Eng.), 12, 49, 84

Markley Farm, 114, 120, 124

Marseilles—History of, 53, 89

Meters in use, 131

Mexico—Water channels of, 6

Miles of pipe in use, 131

Moore, A. G., 33, 124

Newark (N. J.)—Filtering gallery, 28

Newport plan, 125

New York—Aqueduct of, 54

Dams of, 57

History of, 68

Pollution of water, 24, 25

Water revenue & expense, 126, 127

Ohio River, 20, 75, 114, 115, 116, 119, 120

Oxidation, 15, 18

Oxide of iron, use of, 31

Paisley—Cholera epidemic, 13

Paris—History of, 90

Perchloride of iron, use of, 31

Perth (Scotland)—Filtering gal., 28

Peru—Water channels of, 6

Philadelphia—Aqueduct of, 54

History of, 68

Schuylkill River, 19, 118

Water revenue & expense, 126, 127

Pollution of water, 13, 17, 22, 25, 26, 117, 120, 129

Pollution of well water, 38, 46, 105, 106

Poniary reservoir, 6

Pont du Gard aqueduct, 5

Population of cities and water-sheds, 116, 131

Portland (Me.)—History of, 77

Potable water, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14

Puddle walls, 57, 76, 91

Pumping System—Cost of, 114, 125

Description of, 59

Examples of, see Chapter V, 68

Expense of, 64

Engines, 61, 64, 67, 81

Survey of, 114, 122

Tables of, 59

Purification of Water—Agents, 17

Aeration, 15, 16, 19, 20

Deposition, 18

Dilution, 18, 19, 20

Means of, 27, 117, 118, 124

Ohio River, 122

Oxidation, 15, 18

Rain-Fall—Availability of, 49, 51, 84, 85

Measurements of, 112

Storage of, 52

Resources of, 52

Resources of Ohio water-sheds, 109

Resources for wells, 46

Reservoir System—Brick structures, 73, 74

Covered reservoirs, 34, 83, 91

Deposit in, 72

Equalizing reservoirs, 88

Examples of, see Chapter V, 68

Impounding reservoirs, 76, 82, 84, 91

Iron tanks, at Cincinnati, 77

System of, 6, 59, 68, 69, 75

Relief tanks, 83, 85

Revenue—Water-rent, 126, 127

Riparian rights, compensation, 82, 84, 111

Rivers, flow of, 116

River Pollution—Description of, 15, 117, 118, 122

Population on rivers, 116

Purification of, 15, 20, 24, 27, 32, 117, 124

Merrimack River, 18

Ohio River, 115

Schuylkill River, 19, 117

Thames River, 20, 120

Quality of pollution, 18, 22, 23, 118

Rochester (N. Y.)—New supply, 26

Rome—Water supply of, 5

Roquefavour aqueduct, 53

St. Louis, 26, 67, 72, 126, 127

St. Mary’s reservoir, 110

St. Mary’s River, 89

San Francisco, 76, 130

Scioto River, 110

Scowden, T. R., 75, 120

Sewage in river water, 9, 10, 20, 23, 118

Sheet-Iron strips, use of, 31

Schuylkill River, 19, 117

Sources of supply—Lakes, see Chapter V, 68

Rivers—See Chapter V, 68

Springs—See Chapter V, 68

Wells—See Chapter V, 68

Soft water, 35, 84, 129

Spencer’s process of, 31

Springs, 36, 82, 84, 88, 90

Stagnation of water, 25

Stand-Pipes—System of, 59, 66, 70, 72, 86, 88

Statistics of water-works, 131

Stuttgart—History of, 89

Strychnine in water, 24

Subsidence of water, 32, 86, 89, 114

Systems of supply, 36

Taps—Number of, 131

Thames River, 20, 21, 32, 117

Toledo—History of, 65, 80

Toronto filtering gallery, 28

Turbidity of water, 32, 72, 88, 90, 115

Toulouse filtering gallery, 28

Typhoid Fever, cause of, 15

Vital statistics, 12, 25, 35, 120

Vienna—History of, 87

Washington—Aqueduct of, 54

History of, 74

Water—Ammonia in, 9

Analyses of, 9, 10

Drinking, 8

Effect on water pipes, 128

Impurities in, 7, 8

Sewage in, 9, 20, 118

Water Companies—See Chap. V, 68

Dividends of, 128

Water revenue, 68, 69, 85, 86, 126

Water pipes, 128, 129

Water-Power, 64, 69

Weight of pipe, 130

Wells—Abatement of, 106

Availability, 37, 38, 47, 105

Boring of, 44

Description of, 36, 37, 102

Examples of, 37, 70, 81, 83, 87, 90, 102

Flow of, 37, 38

Laws of, 36, 38

Pollution of, 38, 46, 85, 105

Resources, 45, 46

Tables of, 103, 104

Wooden conduits, 77

Worthington pumps, 61, 62, 69, 74

Wrought-Iron pipe, 77, 128

Zymotic diseases of, 48

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