Project Gutenberg 2008-12-27 Public domain in the USA. 91 American Society of Civil Engineers Engineers, American Society of Civil Hardy, E. D. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911 Water Purification Plant, Washington, D. C. Results of Operation. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Christina and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXXII, June, 1911" is a scientific publication from the early 20th century. The volume focuses on the operation and results of the water purification plant in Washington, D.C., specifically detailing the methods, machinery, and efficiencies observed during its five years of operation. This document serves as a critical resource for civil engineers and professionals in the field of water treatment, aiming to share valuable insights and statistics regarding water filtration processes. The opening of this publication introduces a paper by E. D. Hardy on the Washington filtration plant, highlighting its extensive infrastructure, including pumping stations and multiple sand filters. Hardy summarizes the plant's capabilities and operational achievements, emphasizing the importance of water clarity, especially in relation to turbidity levels in the Potomac River. The text provides a wealth of technical detail, including descriptions of the machinery, methods for sand management, and water testing results, which collectively serve to illustrate the ongoing challenges and successes in providing clean drinking water to the city. The opening effectively sets the stage for in-depth discussions and analyses that follow in subsequent sections. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Civil engineering -- Periodicals Water treatment plants TA Text Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General 1055860 1055872 2024-09-12T04:29:23.380788 2023-09-12T08:10:46.156859 text/html text/html 866556 2021-01-04T13:48:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2238504 2021-01-04T13:48:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2332381 2024-09-12T04:30:02.628120 application/epub+zip 2328024 2024-09-12T04:29:34.704717 application/epub+zip 177117 2024-09-12T04:29:25.865828 application/epub+zip 5380105 2024-09-12T04:30:15.133073 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5337105 2024-09-12T04:29:53.528688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332948 2022-09-13T03:41:31.396895 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392964 392863 2024-09-12T04:29:16.426844 2023-09-12T08:10:38.640807 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 392848 2021-01-04T13:48:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 102349 2021-01-04T13:48:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18441 2024-09-12T04:30:15.345994 application/rdf+xml 26681 2024-09-12T04:29:26.461831 image/jpeg 4754 2024-09-12T04:29:26.166763 image/jpeg 2327580 2024-09-12T04:29:23.531802 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog