Its Importance and the Evils Due to Its Neglect.

With an Account of the Methods Adopted in Various Cities in Great Britain and the United States.

By HENRY C. MEYER, Editor of The Engineering and Building Record.

With an Appendix.

Extract from Preface.

During the summer of 1882 the Editor of The Engineering and Building Record carefully investigated the methods employed in various cities in Great Britain for curtailing the waste of water without subjecting the respective communities to either inconvenience or a limited allowance. The results of this investigation appeared in a series of articles entitled " New York's Water-Supply," the purpose being to present to the readers of The Engineering and Building Record such facts as would stimulate public sentiment in support of the enforcement of measures tending to prevent the excessive waste of water so prevalent in American cities, and especially the City of New York, which was then suffering from a short supply. Numerous requests for information, together with the recent popular agitation in connection with a proposition to increase the powers of the Water Department of New York City with a view to enabling it to restrict the waste of water, have suggested the desirability of reprinting these articles in a more convenient and accessible form, with data giving the results of efforts in this direction in American cities since the articles first appeared, so far as they have come to the author's notice.

Table Of Contents

CHAPTER I (Metals). - Condition of New York's Water-Supply. - Mr. Thomas Hawksley on Advantages of Waste-Prevention - Condition of Water-Supply in England Thirty Years Ago - Means Adopted to Prevent Waste in Great Britain - Norwich the First City in England to Adopt Measures of Prevention - London: the Practice There.

CHAPTER II (Lead Pipes). - Glasgow - District Meters Tried as an Experiment - Results of Experiments - Prevalence of Defective Fittings - Testing and Stamping of Fittings - Rules Governing Plumbers' Work.

CHAPTER III (Hand-Made Pipes). - Manchester. - History of Waste-Prevention Measures - Methods of House-to-House Inspection - Duties of Inspectors - Methods of Testing and Stamping Fittings.

CHAPTER IV (Pipe Bending And Elbows). - Liverpool. - Change from Intermittent to Constant Supply - Method of Ascertaining Locality of Waste by Use of District Meters - Method of House Inspection - Method of Testing Fittings.

CHAPTER V (Pipe Bending And Elbows - Continued). - Providence and Cincinnati. - Review of Measures to Prevent Water-Waste in the Unites States prior to 1882 - Providence, R. I.: Results following the General Use of Meters - Cincinnati: Methods of House Inspection with the Aid of the Waterphone - Results Attained.

CHAPTER VI (Pipe Bending And Elbows - Continued). - New York. - Measures Adopted by the Department of Public Works prior to 1882.

CHAPTER VII (Joint Making). - General Conclusions. - Points to be Considered in Adopting Measures for Large Cities.

APPENDIX. - Points Suggested in the Consideration of Various Methods. - Water-Waste Prevention in Boston in 1883 and 1884 - Results Attained - Waste-Prevention in New York City - Liverpool Corporation Water-Works Regulations - Glasgow Corporation Water-Works Regulations - Description of Standard Fittings - Penalties for Violations - Cisterns v. Valve Supply to Water-Closets in New York City - New York Board of Health Regulations Concerning Water-Supply to Water-Closets - Letters from Water-Works Authorities Sustaining the Action of the New York Board of Health in Requiring Cistern-Supply to Water-Closets - Extracts from Report of Boston City Engineer on Wasteful Water-Closets - Proposed Water-Rates on Water-Closets in New York - Resolutions of the New York Board of Health Endorsing the Proposed Water-Rates for Water-Closets - Excerpts from Articles Explaining Methods of Arranging Water-Supply to Water-Closets to Secure the Minimum Water-Rate in New York (with Illustrations.)

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