Water Works Practice: A Manual Issued by the American Water Works AssociationWilliams & Wilkins, 1925 - 790 pages |
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... maximum of 55 places supplied by one New Jersey company , and some cities supply outside territory . Estimates for Canada are given just above . Ownership . Thirty - eight states and the District of Columbia report owner- ship ...
... maximum of 55 places supplied by one New Jersey company , and some cities supply outside territory . Estimates for Canada are given just above . Ownership . Thirty - eight states and the District of Columbia report owner- ship ...
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... maximum of information which we may hope to obtain regarding the nature and extent of the significant pollution . Even this complete knowledge , however , would fail to give an accurate measure of the sanitary quality of the water ...
... maximum of information which we may hope to obtain regarding the nature and extent of the significant pollution . Even this complete knowledge , however , would fail to give an accurate measure of the sanitary quality of the water ...
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... maximum bacterial counts as indicative of dangerous conditions in the wake of which disastrous infection of water supplies might occur . It was also pointed out that a certain amount of pollution of the boundary waters due to the run ...
... maximum bacterial counts as indicative of dangerous conditions in the wake of which disastrous infection of water supplies might occur . It was also pointed out that a certain amount of pollution of the boundary waters due to the run ...
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... maximum storage required . In this discussion such differences are overlooked , and the 99 per cent dry year is considered as a type , and always refers to the year defined as above with reference to whatever matter may be under ...
... maximum storage required . In this discussion such differences are overlooked , and the 99 per cent dry year is considered as a type , and always refers to the year defined as above with reference to whatever matter may be under ...
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... maximum flow which may be expected . Table 6 gives some of these , together with the discharge for different sizes of drainage areas which result from their use . Where coefficients and variables are included in the formulas , values ...
... maximum flow which may be expected . Table 6 gives some of these , together with the discharge for different sizes of drainage areas which result from their use . Where coefficients and variables are included in the formulas , values ...
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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...