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
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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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    taken from that ])()rtioii of the valley containing Colburn spring', west of Dedliani Avenue. The area ea.st of Dedhain Avenue appears suital)le at preseiit, hut may not contimie of satisfactory quality with the growth of the town, and the Board advised further ex- amination for a filter gallery on the bank of Charles River, to be used in connection with this supply or distinct from it. AxiroL.—In the application presented to this Board by comnumication dated Nov. 18, 1887, the statement is made that the town has voted to petition the next Legislature for the right to take water, for domestic and other purposes, from Phillipston Pond in the town of Phillipston. The committee of the town of Athol who have this matter in charge ask the opinion of this Board as to whether this pond will furnish a sufficient quantity of water of good quality to supply the town in years to come. The proposed source and others in the vicinity of Athol have been examined by our engineer and the matter is now under advisement. Mansfield.—The Board of Water Commissioners of the Mansfield Water Supply District on the 12th of Decem- ber, 1887, gave notice to this Board of their intention to intro- duce a system of water supply, and submitted outlines of their proposed plans. The investigations in this case have not vet been made. Advice in Regard to Disposal of Sewage. Taunton. — On Dec. 18, 1886, the Sewerage Commission of this city submitted a report containing their conclusions as to the best method of disposing of the sewage of the city. Briefly stated, they report that Mill River, which at pres- ent receives the sewage of the city and the drainage from gas works, etc., is at times offensive, and that, to prevent offence, it is desirable to straighten and wall the stream, to make the bottom concave, to remove the lower dams, and to obtain the control of the water of one or more mill privi- leges for the purpose of flushing ; with these things carried