Water supply of the city of Aberdeen : general report on the water supply of large towns, as compared with Aberdeen : and financial memorandum on the Aberdeen Water Works : with analyses of the Aberdeen water by Professor Brazier, of the Aberdeen University.

Date:
1869
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Credit: Water supply of the city of Aberdeen : general report on the water supply of large towns, as compared with Aberdeen : and financial memorandum on the Aberdeen Water Works : with analyses of the Aberdeen water by Professor Brazier, of the Aberdeen University. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    From the foregoing analyses and experiments, I am of opinion that the character of the Dee water is not altered since the earlier analysis by Dr. Smith in 1850, nor is it more than shghtly interfered with by admix- ture of other water, during its course from the inlet at Cairnton to Aber- deen. Although at times, during a period of heavy rain, the water may be somewhat higher charged than usual with peaty colouring matter, still I think the inhabitants of Aberdeen have reason to congratulate themselves upon having a water as wholesome, and with scarcely an exception, as soft as that supplied to any other large town in the united kingdom. JAMES S. BRAZIER, F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry.
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