The chlorine revolution : water disinfection and the fight to save lives / / Michael J. McGuire

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824314803321
• Autore: McGuire Michael J. <1947->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Denver, Co., : American Water Works Association, 2013
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.1/662
• Soggetti: Water - Purification - Chlorination - United States - History; Water - Purification - Chlorination - Health aspects - United States - History; Water quality - United States - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Journey to launch a revolution -- Demons, miasma, and the death spiral -- Germs, disease, and bacteriology -- Progress in disinfection and filtration -- Paterson and the Passaic River -- Leal, hero of public health -- Fuller, the greatest sanitary engineer -- Jersey water wars -- Bacteria on trial, 1906 to 1908 -- Chlorination plant at Boonton -- Chlorine on trial, 1908 to 1910 -- Revolution and conquest -- Epilogue.