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WATER supply undertakings are primarily concerned with the production of an adequate supply of water of purity suitable for human and industrial consumption. Three features require attention. For human consumption it is of prime importance that the water must be free from deleterious substances and from disease-causing organisms. Secondly, for any purpose, uniformity of quality is a great virtue, and the quality must be such as to include freedom from unpleasant tastes or smells as well as from the more noticeable forms of chemical contamination. (We may leave on one side the question of the suitability of certain types of water for particular industrial uses.) Thirdly, the volume of water required is becoming an increasingly important factor in the problems of supply.
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PEARSALL, W. Water Supply and Biology*. Nature 160, 176–178 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160176a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/160176a0