The filtration of public water-suppliesFront matterReading editionChapter navigation33 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE FILTRATION OF PUBLIC WATER-SUPPLIES.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.UNITS EMPLOYED.ACKNOWLEDGMENT.Chapter I · INTRODUCTION.Chapter II · CONTINUOUS FILTERS AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION.Chapter III · FILTERING MATERIALS.Chapter IV · RATE OF FILTRATION AND LOSS OF HEAD.Chapter V · CLEANING FILTERS.Chapter VI · THEORY AND EFFICIENCY OF CONTINUOUS FILTRATION.Chapter VII · INTERMITTENT FILTRATION.Chapter VIII · TURBIDITY AND COLOR, AND THE EFFECT OF MUD UPON SAND-FILTERS.Chapter IX · THE COAGULATION OF WATERS.Chapter X · MECHANICAL FILTERS.Chapter XI · OTHER METHODS OF FILTRATION.Chapter XII · REMOVAL OF IRON FROM GROUND-WATERS.Chapter XIII · TREATMENT OF WATERS.Chapter XIV · WATER-SUPPLY AND DISEASE—CONCLUSIONS.APPENDIX I. RULES OF THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT IN REGARD TO THE FILTRATION OF SURFACE-WATERS USED FOR PUBLIC WATER-SUPPLIES.APPENDIX II. EXTRACTS FROM “BERICHT DES MEDICINAL-INSPECTORATS DES HAMBURGISCHEN STAATES FÜR DAS JAHR 1892.”APPENDIX III. METHODS OF SAND ANALYSIS (From the Annual Report of the Massachusetts State Board of Health for 1892.)APPENDIX IV. FILTER STATISTICS.APPENDIX V. LONDON’S WATER-SUPPLY.APPENDIX VI. THE BERLIN WATER-WORKS.APPENDIX VII. ALTONA WATER-WORKS.APPENDIX VIII. HAMBURG WATER-WORKS.APPENDIX IX. NOTES ON SOME OTHER EUROPEAN WATER-SUPPLIES.APPENDIX X. LITERATURE OF FILTRATION.APPENDIX XI. THE ALBANY WATER-FILTRATION PLANT. (Abridged from Proceedings American Society of Civil Engineers, Nov. 1899.)INDEX.SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF JOHN WILEY & SONS, New York. London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE FILTRATION OF PUBLIC WATER-SUPPLIES.All chapters and sections (33)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE FILTRATION OF PUBLIC WATER-SUPPLIES.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.UNITS EMPLOYED.ACKNOWLEDGMENT.Chapters1234567891011121314Other sectionsAPPENDIX I. RULES OF THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT IN REGARD TO THE FILTRATION OF SURFACE-WATERS USED FOR PUBLIC WATER-SUPPLIES.APPENDIX II. EXTRACTS FROM “BERICHT DES MEDICINAL-INSPECTORATS DES HAMBURGISCHEN STAATES FÜR DAS JAHR 1892.”APPENDIX III. METHODS OF SAND ANALYSIS (From the Annual Report of the Massachusetts State Board of Health for 1892.)APPENDIX IV. FILTER STATISTICS.APPENDIX V. LONDON’S WATER-SUPPLY.APPENDIX VI. THE BERLIN WATER-WORKS.APPENDIX VII. ALTONA WATER-WORKS.APPENDIX VIII. HAMBURG WATER-WORKS.APPENDIX IX. NOTES ON SOME OTHER EUROPEAN WATER-SUPPLIES.APPENDIX X. LITERATURE OF FILTRATION.APPENDIX XI. THE ALBANY WATER-FILTRATION PLANT. (Abridged from Proceedings American Society of Civil Engineers, Nov. 1899.)INDEX.SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF JOHN WILEY & SONS, New York. London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited.General View of Filters at Hamburg.◇[Frontispiece.]◇THE FILTRATION OF PUBLIC WATER-SUPPLIES. →