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TEODORO ARDEMANS PIONEER WATER‐SUPPLY ENGINEER OF SPAIN 1
Author(s) -
Davis Stanley N.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1973.tb05827.x
Subject(s) - the renaissance , water supply , architecture , water quality , groundwater , engineering , environmental science , civil engineering , environmental engineering , archaeology , art history , history , geotechnical engineering , ecology , biology
Teodoro Ardemans, first post‐Renaissance water expert of Spain, recognized problems of ground‐water contamination, influence of minerals on water quality, and mutual interference between closely spaced wells. He is also noted for his achievements in architecture and the writing of the first comprehensive building code for Madrid.