This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...planes, as is indicated by the fact that the salt water of the ocean finds entrance to some wells located 500 feet, and in places even a quarter of a mile or more from the shore. It is said that in the deep public well sunk in granite at Atlanta, Ga., sufficient polluting matter entered through a joint struck ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...planes, as is indicated by the fact that the salt water of the ocean finds entrance to some wells located 500 feet, and in places even a quarter of a mile or more from the shore. It is said that in the deep public well sunk in granite at Atlanta, Ga., sufficient polluting matter entered through a joint struck at 1160 feet from the surface to render the water unfit for drinking. Best Situations for Dug Wells.--The best locations for dug wells are those points at which there can be no possibility of the access of polluting matter. The usual distance to which such matter travels has been discussed in the preceding section. If a well is to be located at a less distance from source of pollution than that prescribed, it should be dug on higher ground, so that the moving ground waters will carry the impurities away from, rather than toward it. It is far better to spend the few additional dollars required (because of the greater depth to the water) to sink a well on higher ground than to risk sickness by locating it where there is danger of pollution. It is not sufficient that the mouth of the well be above the source of pollution. The water level in the well must also be above the source of contamination, even when farthest depressed by drought or pumping, for otherwise pollution-bearing seepage might soon find its way to the well. Digging the Well.--The process of constructing the common dug well is so simple and so familiar that a few brief statements will suffice. By far the greater number of dug wells will naturally be of circular cross section, since, for a given capacity of water, less material will be required for curbing. Moreover, the curbing, if of stone or brick, is more easily laid and is less liable to cave under the pressure of the...
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Near Fine. Firts edition, first thousand (stated). Brown cloth with spine lettering gilt. 180 pps. with index; illustrated with photos, drawings and diagrams. Classic study of water supply for farms which includes sections on surface waters, springs, ground waters, underground supplies, several chapters on wells, composition and testing of water and purification. Quite uncommon in the true first printing of 1000 copies. A tight, clean near fine copy with minimal bumping at the spine ends and three small indentations front cloth.
