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72 BULLETIN jN". C. BOARD OF HEALTH. Because certain matters of or^'aiiic nature are harmless as a source or means of infection, and others of human origin are harmful, it must not be inferred that any license or tolerance should be given the existence or maintenance of pig pens, manure piles and garbage near a watercourse of a supply-, for they must not be. A water supply should be not only "safe" but it should also be ^'wholesome" and clean—as free from turbidity, color, odor and pollution of any character as it is possible to secure and maintain. Some of these characteristics can only be secured by purification, hut with a surface water generally satisfactory with regard to turbidity and color, it lies largely with the waterworks management to secur(» a freedom from odors and pollution. This implies a restriction or prohibition against any act or condition that allows waste matter of any character to reach the watercourses of a supply. The restriction against all wastes of human origin is then absolutely mandatory for the full protection of health and life of those using the supply, while the restriction against all other wastes or pollution is essential to the wholesomeness, cleanliness and attractiveness of the supply. Although the foregoing statements apply more especially to water supplies taken from surface sources, they are also applicable in a large measure to supplies taken from underground sources. In the latter cases, however, the channels by which the pollution may reach the underground supply are so varied and variable and so difficult of detection, and depend so largely upon local underground conditions that cannot be learned by inspection, that rules and regulations for their protection become impracticable. This does not mean that they cannot be safeguarde<l nor that sanitary patrol should not be instituted. Quite the contrary, for it is the very uncertainty and difficulty of detecting the real sources of pollution that malce precautions all the more necessary. The principles of protection and methods of patrolling the watershed tributary to the wells or springs are the same as for surface supplies, the channels of pollution taking similar, though not identical, courses to those on the surface. The underground pollution, passing through the soil, may or may not become thoroughly purified, depending upon the geological formation and other local conditions, and it is this uncertainty that frequently requires the evidence of chemical and biological analyses to settle. Except under unusual conditions, however, a knowledge of surface conditions of a watershed will usually he sufficient to indicate any danger from underground pollution. There are a few points of especial importance in care and patrol of underground supplies that should be pointed out, and the neglect of them has occasionally given rise to serious results. The first point to be borne in mind is that the most probable and serious source of pollution is from the surface. Polluted streams may pass near or over wells or springs, or surface washings which may be and frequently are pollutfHi, may enter the top of a well or travel along the driven pipe; in fact, many otlier possible means of surface pollution
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-03: Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Document Title | Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Published: 1886-1913. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : Secretary of the Board, 1886-1913. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1909-1910 |
Identifier | NCHH-03-024 |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Fixed Title * | Page 72 |
Document Title | Bulletin of the North Carolina Board of Health [1886-1913] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Published: 1886-1913. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Wilmington, N.C. : Secretary of the Board, 1886-1913. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1909-1910 |
Identifier | NCHH-03-024-0080 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 24 |
Issue Number | 6 |
Page Number | 72 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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72 BULLETIN jN". C. BOARD OF HEALTH.
Because certain matters of or^'aiiic nature are harmless as a source or means of infection, and others of human origin are harmful, it must not be inferred that any license or tolerance should be given the existence or maintenance of pig pens, manure piles and garbage near a watercourse of a supply-, for they must not be. A water supply should be not only "safe" but it should also be ^'wholesome" and clean—as free from turbidity, color, odor and pollution of any character as it is possible to secure and maintain. Some of these characteristics can only be secured by purification, hut with a surface water generally satisfactory with regard to turbidity and color, it lies largely with the waterworks management to secur(» a freedom from odors and pollution. This implies a restriction or prohibition against any act or condition that allows waste matter of any character to reach the watercourses of a supply. The restriction against all wastes of human origin is then absolutely mandatory for the full protection of health and life of those using the supply, while the restriction against all other wastes or pollution is essential to the wholesomeness, cleanliness and attractiveness of the supply.
Although the foregoing statements apply more especially to water supplies taken from surface sources, they are also applicable in a large measure to supplies taken from underground sources. In the latter cases, however, the channels by which the pollution may reach the underground supply are so varied and variable and so difficult of detection, and depend so largely upon local underground conditions that cannot be learned by inspection, that rules and regulations for their protection become impracticable. This does not mean that they cannot be safeguarde |
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Article Title | Sanitary Patrol of Watersheds |
Article Author | Horton, Theodore |
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