Water Works PracticeWilliams & Wilkins, 1925 - 790 pages |
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... increase in the relative populations supplied by municipal and private works . Populations for 1890 on works of the two classes of ownership in that year , ascertained with care for the Baker , 1891 , " Manual of American Water - Works ...
... increase in the relative populations supplied by municipal and private works . Populations for 1890 on works of the two classes of ownership in that year , ascertained with care for the Baker , 1891 , " Manual of American Water - Works ...
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... increase of 63 works or about 30 per cent . Allowing the same percentage gain for the other six provinces would bring their combined number of works to 402 , the total for all Canada to 684 , against 528 in 1915. Presumably 700 to 750 ...
... increase of 63 works or about 30 per cent . Allowing the same percentage gain for the other six provinces would bring their combined number of works to 402 , the total for all Canada to 684 , against 528 in 1915. Presumably 700 to 750 ...
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... increase in technical personnel is needed in all states . Even the older states , Massachusetts , New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Michigan , Maryland and others are not over- manned , and could use to advantage additional engineers for ...
... increase in technical personnel is needed in all states . Even the older states , Massachusetts , New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Michigan , Maryland and others are not over- manned , and could use to advantage additional engineers for ...
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... increasing in the country as a whole . Increase in population and the ever increasing migration from rural to urban areas complicate and intensify the problems of water supply and sewage disposal . Prevention , restriction and reduction ...
... increasing in the country as a whole . Increase in population and the ever increasing migration from rural to urban areas complicate and intensify the problems of water supply and sewage disposal . Prevention , restriction and reduction ...
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... would have taken place had the daily increase in storage been a part of the flow of the stream . The seasonal difference in these two amounts is released from storage when the stream is dry COMPENSATION FOR WATER DIVERSION 47.
... would have taken place had the daily increase in storage been a part of the flow of the stream . The seasonal difference in these two amounts is released from storage when the stream is dry COMPENSATION FOR WATER DIVERSION 47.
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Page 45 - He has the right to have it come to him in its natural state, in flow, quantity and quality, and to go from him without obstruction; upon the same principle that he is entitled to the support of his neighbour's soil for his own in its natural state. His right in no way depends upon prescription, or the presumed grant of his neighbour.
Page 723 - Owner may, upon ten days' written notice, sell such materials at auction or at private sale and shall account for the net proceeds thereof, after deducting all the costs and expenses that should have been borne by the Contractor.
Page 523 - Before coming to the question of profit at all the company is entitled to earn a sufficient sum annually to provide not only for current repairs but for making good the depreciation and replacing the parts of the property when the}- come to the end of their life.
Page 718 - No certificate issued nor payment made to the Contractor, nor partial or entire use or occupancy of the work by the Owner, shall be an acceptance of any work or materials not in accordance with this contract. The making and acceptance of the final payment shall constitute a waiver of all claims by the Owner, other than those arising from unsettled liens, from faulty work appearing after final payment, or from requirement of the specifications, and of all claims by the Contractor, except those previously...
Page 523 - The company is not bound to see its property gradually waste, without making provision out of earnings for its replacement. It is entitled to see that from earnings the value of the property invested is kept unimpaired, so that at the end of any given term of years the original investment remains as it was at the Opinion of the Court.
Page 719 - The Contract Documents are complementary, and what is called for by any one shall be as binding as if called for by all. The intention of the documents is to include all labor and materials, equipment, and transportation necessary for the proper execution of the work.
Page 720 - Contract for changes in the work. If the Contractor performs any work knowing it to be contrary to such laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, and without such notice to the Architect, he shall bear all costs arising therefrom.
Page 726 - Neither the final payment nor any part of the retained percentage shall become due until the Contractor, if required, shall deliver to the Owner a complete release of all liens arising out of this contract, or receipts in full in lieu thereof and, if required in either case, an affidavit that...
Page 56 - This term is generally used in statistics and is the square root of the mean of the squares of the percentage variations up and down, without regard to sign, of all the years in the record.
Page 724 - ... at which time, if the unpaid balance of the amount to be paid under this contract shall exceed the expense incurred by the Owner...