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Historical Development of Municipal Water Systems in the United States 1776 – 1976
Author(s) -
LaNier J. Michael
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1976.tb02382.x
Subject(s) - water supply , agriculture , water industry , business , industrial water , natural resource economics , environmental planning , agricultural economics , economic growth , engineering , environmental engineering , economics , environmental science , geography , waste management , archaeology
The transformation of the US from a rural, agricultural nation to an urban, industrialized world power has depended to a large degree on water supply and the engineering needed to provide large amounts of water for domes tic use, industry, and commerce. This article takes a brief look at the history of water‐supply systems, examines a few of the current problems facing the water‐supply field today, and looks at how the water‐supply service is currently rising to meet the challenges of another 200 years of growth.