The Depletion and Pollution of Rural Water Supplies, by H. LEMMOIN- CANNON, P.A.S.I. (ASSOCIATE)
Abstract
The Depletion and Pollution of Rural Water Supplies, by H. LEMMOIN- CANNON, P.A.S.I. (ASSOCIATE) SAGE Publications, Inc.1910DOI: 10.1177/146642401003100203 ALMOST every year sees the restriction in available water-bearing .IJL areas. The ever-increasing populations of the great towns specially call for a corresponding increase in the quantity of water supplied thereto. Practically all the available sources of supply in the immediate vicinity of most of our large towns may be said to have been acquired by the nearest urban authority or water company; and even this has not proved sufhcient in some cases. Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Glasgow are instances of this, and large tracts of suitable water-bearing areas have been acquired under statutory powers, by which local and individual rights therein have been extinguished, or very much curtailed, and works for storage and other purposes have been carried out, and the water conveyed through many miles of pipes to the consumers. Questions have from time to time arisen as to the desirability and equity of allotting certain areas of supply to definite centres of population, so as to protect smaller communities who may presently need fresh sources of supply and find the natural gathering grounds in their neighbourhood already