City of Philadelphia Water Works System
Author : Martin J. Mc Laughlin
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Page : 42 pages
File Size : 13,94 MB
Release : 1945
Category : Water quality
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Author : Martin J. Mc Laughlin
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Page : 42 pages
File Size : 13,94 MB
Release : 1945
Category : Water quality
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Author : Philadelphia (Pa.). Water Department
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Page : 7 pages
File Size : 28,55 MB
Release : 1857
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Author : Philadelphia (Pa.). Water Department
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Page : 432 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 1837
Category : Water-supply
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Author : Carl Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,55 MB
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 022602251X
A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. It is also an infrastructure of ideas that are a support for the beliefs, values, and aspirations of the people who created the city. In City Water, City Life, celebrated historian Carl Smith explores this concept through an insightful examination of the development of the first successful waterworks systems in Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago between the 1790s and the 1860s. By examining the place of water in the nineteenth-century consciousness, Smith illuminates how city dwellers perceived themselves during the great age of American urbanization. But City Water, City Life is more than a history of urbanization. It is also a refreshing meditation on water as a necessity, as a resource for commerce and industry, and as an essential—and central—part of how we define our civilization.
Author : Philadelphia (Pa.). Commission on Water-Supply
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Page : 182 pages
File Size : 19,29 MB
Release : 1875
Category : Water-supply
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 19,69 MB
Release : 2006-12-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309133955
Protecting and maintaining water distributions systems is crucial to ensuring high quality drinking water. Distribution systems-consisting of pipes, pumps, valves, storage tanks, reservoirs, meters, fittings, and other hydraulic appurtenances-carry drinking water from a centralized treatment plant or well supplies to consumers' taps. Spanning almost 1 million miles in the United States, distribution systems represent the vast majority of physical infrastructure for water supplies, and thus constitute the primary management challenge from both an operational and public health standpoint. Recent data on waterborne disease outbreaks suggest that distribution systems remain a source of contamination that has yet to be fully addressed. This report evaluates approaches for risk characterization and recent data, and it identifies a variety of strategies that could be considered to reduce the risks posed by water-quality deteriorating events in distribution systems. Particular attention is given to backflow events via cross connections, the potential for contamination of the distribution system during construction and repair activities, maintenance of storage facilities, and the role of premise plumbing in public health risk. The report also identifies advances in detection, monitoring and modeling, analytical methods, and research and development opportunities that will enable the water supply industry to further reduce risks associated with drinking water distribution systems.
Author : Philadelphia (Pa.). Water Department
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 29,49 MB
Release : 1859
Category : Municipal water supply
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Author : Philadelphia (Pa.). Bureau of Surveys
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Page : 392 pages
File Size : 27,93 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Author : Philadelphia. Department of Public Works. Bureau of Water
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 1915
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Author : Philadelphia (Pa.). Water Department
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 30,87 MB
Release : 198?
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