LEADER 03387nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910966357103321 005 20251116233329.0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000102911 035 $a(EBL)3116839 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000872924 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11536666 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000872924 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10864295 035 $a(PQKB)11738891 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3116839 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3116839 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10696994 035 $a(OCoLC)922967113 035 $a(BIP)42568065 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000102911 100 $a20130128d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe chlorine revolution $ewater disinfection and the fight to save lives /$fMichael J. McGuire 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aDenver, Co. $cAmerican Water Works Association$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (380 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781583219201 311 08$a158321920X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aJourney 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. 330 $aPerhaps no other advancement of public health has been as significant. Yet, few know the intriguing story of a simple idea-disinfecting public water systems with chlorine-that in just 100 years has saved more lives than any other single health development in human history. At the turn of the 20th century, most scientists and doctors called the addition of chloride of lime, a poisonous chemical, to public water supplies not only a preposterous idea but also an illegal act - until a courageous physician, Dr. John L. Leal, working with George W. Fuller, the era's greatest sanitary engineer, proved it could be done safely and effectively on a large scale. This is the first book to tell the incredible true story of the first use of chlorine to disinfect a city water supply, in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1908. This important book also corrects misinformation long-held in the historical record about who was responsible for this momentous event, giving overdue recognition to the true hero of the story-an unflagging champion of public health, Dr. John L. Leal. 606 $aWater$xPurification$xChlorination$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aWater$xPurification$xChlorination$xHealth aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aWater quality$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aWater$xPurification$xChlorination$xHistory. 615 0$aWater$xPurification$xChlorination$xHealth aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aWater quality$xHistory. 676 $a628.1/662 700 $aMcGuire$b Michael J.$f1947-$01816231 712 02$aAmerican Water Works Association. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966357103321 996 $aThe chlorine revolution$94372030 997 $aUNINA