The chlorine revolution [electronic resource] : water disinfection and the fight to save lives / Michael J. McGuire.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Denver, Co. : American Water Works Association, 2013.Description: xx, 359 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 628.1/662 23
LOC classification:
  • TD462 .M35 2013eb
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Contents:
Journey to launch a revolution -- Demons, miasma, and the death spiral -- Germs, disease, and bacteriology -- Progress in disinfection and filtration -- Paterson and the Passaic River -- Leal, hero of public health -- Fuller, the greatest sanitary engineer -- Jersey water wars -- Bacteria on trial, 1906 to 1908 -- Chlorination plant at Boonton -- Chlorine on trial, 1908 to 1910 -- Revolution and conquest -- Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Journey to launch a revolution -- Demons, miasma, and the death spiral -- Germs, disease, and bacteriology -- Progress in disinfection and filtration -- Paterson and the Passaic River -- Leal, hero of public health -- Fuller, the greatest sanitary engineer -- Jersey water wars -- Bacteria on trial, 1906 to 1908 -- Chlorination plant at Boonton -- Chlorine on trial, 1908 to 1910 -- Revolution and conquest -- Epilogue.

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