Report of the State board of health of Massachusetts on water-supply and sewerage : under the provisions of chapter 274, of the acts of 1886.
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Date:
- 1888
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the State board of health of Massachusetts on water-supply and sewerage : under the provisions of chapter 274, of the acts of 1886. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.
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![,Sandy Pond, .said to have an area of alxnit seventy-live aeres, and a proposed well near a niill-pond. The advice contained in the reply of the Board, given below, with re- gard to storing waters colJecfed from the (/round in dark, covered reservoirs, was l)ased largely upon the experience of cities and towns in this State, which was at that time ])eing gathered in connection with the svstcniatic examination of all of the public water supplies. Further returns received, and the result of chemical and biological examinations since made, emphasize the need of following this advice : — In response to your request to know whether subsoil waters have been found more satisfactory than pond waters we give you a summary of results reported to the Board up to the present. Of seven places which collect ground water and store it in open earthen and masoniy reservoirs, three report trouble, and four report no trouble. Of fourteen places so collecting and pumping into iron or masonry tanks, some of them covered, two report trouble, one which shows by analysis to be poor before being stored, and twelve places report no trouble. The surface water supplies, including both ponds and storage reservoirs, have given more trouble east of the Connecticut River than west of it in the mountainous region. Up to the present time the ground water supplies have given less trouble than surface water supplies, and the ground water supplies are far more satisfactory when nsed directly after being drawn or with as little storage as practicable. The samples of water submitted from both of the sources of supply are of satisfactory qualit}'; that from the flowing well is unusually satisfactor^^ The information furnished is not suffi- cient for determining whether a sufficient quantity can be obtained from the proposed wells or not. If assured of the necessary quantity the Board would advise adopting the supply from wells, and to avoid deterioration when stored in open reservou's such water as cannot be conveyed directly from the wells to the con- sumers should be stored in a dark, covered reservoir, made as small as practicable. A second and larger reservoir may be necessary as a resource in case of fire or other emergency. Belmont.—The Water Commissioners, on the 28th of June, 1887, gave notice of their intention to take water from the Waterto^vn AVater Supply Company. The pro- posed source being an established water supply which had](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21230298_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
