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108 THE HEALTH BULLETIN. 108 vents waste water from returning to the well, and all surface water is drained away from the well by the slope of the ground. This is au excellent form of well, and if privies, hogpens, etc., are kept away from it and on lower ground, it should give excellent water. IMPROVING BAD WELLS. To make a good well out of a bad one is a very hard and uncertain job. It is usually cheaper to locate a new well and begin all over. Sometimes, by making the walls water-tight, grading the surface of the ground away from the well, placing a tight cover over the well, using a pump, draining the waste water away, and removing all sources of pollution, the water may be improved ; but the results cannot be guaranteed. PROTECTING SPRINGS. The same general principles apply to springs that apply to wells, except that, as a rule, springs are already located, and we have to leave them where they are and protect them as best we can. An excellent way to protect a spring is to surround it with a cement bowl or basin and cover it with some close-fitting lid. This will exclude frogs and bugs, and also leaves and other debris frequently blown into oi^n springs. If possible, the water from the spring should be piped down to the house direct. If this cannot be done, an iron pipe or terra-cotta pipe should discharge the overflow from the spring so tnat it can be caught in pails, etc. In this way promiscuous dipping of cups and pails into the spring bowl itself can be avoided. To protect a spring from surface drainage, it is an excellent plan to cut a small ditch around the spring on its upper side at a distance of some 20 or 30 feet, and drain the surface wash away from the spring. Live stock should not be alloweil to pasture for a distance of at least 100 feet above the spring, and privies should be kept en- tirely off the catchment area of small springs. In the case of large springs, possible sources of pollution should, as a general rule, not be allowed within 50<J feet above the spring. Ground above a spring or around a well, if used for farming, should not be fertilized with barnyard manure, etc.. if for no other than esthetic reasons. Xo definite rule can be laid down as to a safe distance from a source of pollution to a well or spring. In sandy and clayey soils there is less danger than where rocks, more or less cracked and seamy, exist a few feet under the surface. The safest rule is to keep all sources of pollution as far away as possible, the farther the better, and under no circumstances permit them to exist within one hundred feet of even a carefully protecteil well such as shown in the illustration. A GOOD FORM FOR A DUG WELL. Protected from Surface Pollution by a k Good Cover, Well Laid Wall, and a : Trough Which Drains the Waste Water | Away. Note Also the Concrete Around i: the Top, and the Direction of Surface i Drainage. - .1
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-028 |
Form General | Periodicals |
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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Volume Number | 28 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1913-1914 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-028-0018 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; all images; illustration; 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 | 28 |
Issue Number | 6 |
Page Number | 108 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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THE HEALTH BULLETIN. 108
vents waste water from returning to the well, and all surface water is drained away from the well by the slope of the ground. This is au excellent form of well, and if privies, hogpens, etc., are kept away from it and on lower ground, it should give excellent water.
IMPROVING BAD WELLS.
To make a good well out of a bad one is a very hard and uncertain job. It is usually cheaper to locate a new well and begin all over. Sometimes, by making the walls water-tight, grading the surface of the ground away from the well, placing a tight cover over the well, using a pump, draining the waste water away, and removing all sources of pollution, the water may be improved ; but the results cannot be guaranteed.
PROTECTING SPRINGS.
The same general principles apply to springs that apply to wells, except that, as a rule, springs are already located, and we have to leave them where they are and protect them as best we can.
An excellent way to protect a spring is to surround it with a cement bowl or basin and cover it with some close-fitting lid. This will exclude frogs and bugs, and also leaves and other debris frequently blown into oi^n springs.
If possible, the water from the spring should be piped down to the house direct. If this cannot be done, an iron pipe or terra-cotta pipe should discharge the overflow from the spring so tnat it can be caught in pails, etc. In this way promiscuous dipping of cups and pails into the spring bowl itself can be avoided.
To protect a spring from surface drainage, it is an excellent plan to cut a small ditch around the spring on its upper side at a distance of some 20 or 30 feet, and drain the surface wash away from the spring. Live stock should not be alloweil to pasture for a distance of at least 100 feet above the spring, and privies should be kept en-
tirely off the catchment area of small springs. In the case of large springs, possible sources of pollution should, as a general rule, not be allowed within 50 |
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Article Title | Good Well Water |
Article Author | Booker, Warren H. |
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Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-04 |
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