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Excerpt from Report on Schemes for an Additional Supply of Pure Water
On the order to ascertain the purity of the water of Charles river, at the point where it would be expedient to take 132, the City Engineer submits the results of analyses made at differ ent times during the past forty years, by well-known chem ists. The able report by Prof. W. R. Nichols, made last year to the State Board of Health, on the present condition of certain rivers in Massachusetts, is printed in full in the Appendix. It is evident. That the water of Charles river should be held in reservoirs for some time before it is used, and possibly it would require filtration unless important changes were made in the drainage area. It appears from accurate surveys of the Mystic Water-shed (made under the authority of fourth order), that it covers an area of square miles, being l0g per cent. Less than the area given by the Engineer of the Mystic Water Works, and per cent. More than that given by Messrs. Kirkwood Francis. The information in relation to the damages which would accrue to the mill property on Charles and Sudbury rivers, by the use of the waters of those rivers (appended to this report), is furnished by Messrs. Warren Adams of your committee, who, by practical experience, were peculiarly qualified to perform that duty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
