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Quality of water in the upper Ohio River basin and at Erie, Pennsylvania
This paper discusses the quality of water on the most important tributaries of Ohio River in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, and Maryland, and the nature of the water supply at Erie, Pa. The amount and character of the pollution is described and the results of drinking contaminated water as shown by typhoid statistics are indicated. The conditions on the tributaries of Ohio River in Ohio ar
Authors
Samuel James Lewis
Hydrography of the Susquehanna River drainage basin
A detailed study of the hydrographic features of the Susquehanna River drainage basin has revealed the existence of a large amount of interesting data. These, however, are widely distributed in various publications and manuscripts which are in most cases inaccessible. This paper has been prepared to meet the constant demand for this information from both the general and the engineering public. The
Authors
John Clayton Hoyt, Robert H. Anderson
Quality of water in the Susquehanna River drainage basin, with an introductory chapter on physiographic features
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Authors
Marshall O. Leighton, George Buell Hollister
Water resources of the Philadelphia district
The area included in the Philadelphia district lies between 39° 45' and 40° 15' north latitude and 75° and 75° 30' west longitude. It has a length of 34.50 miles from north to south and a width of 26.53 miles from east to west, and covers one-fourth of a square degree, which is equivalent, in that latitude, to, about 915.25 square miles. It is mapped on the Germantown, Norristown, Philadelphia, an
Authors
Florence Bascom