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03072aam a2200409 i 4500 001 4C158F103B0B11E4A24E73BBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220721010732 008 130128s2013 coua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012049592 020 $a 1583219137 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781583219133 (pbk.) 020 $a 158321920X (hbk.) 020 $a 9781583219201 (hbk.) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d BWX $d ICH $d CDX $d NLM $d OCLCF $d GTA $d OCLCQ $d CHVBK $d CGN $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a TD462 $b .M35 2013 100 1 $a McGuire, Michael J., $d 1947- 245 14 $a The chlorine revolution : $b water disinfection and the fight to save lives / $c Michael J. McGuire. 264 1 $a Denver, CO : $b American Water Works Association, $c [2013] 300 $a xx, 359 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-348) and index. 505 0 $a Journey to launch a revolution -- Demons, miasma, and the death spiral -- Germs, disease, and bacteriology -- Progress in disinfection and filtration -- Paterson and the Passaic River -- Leal, hero of public health -- Fuller, the greatest sanitary engineer -- Jersey water wars -- Bacteria on trial, 1906 to 1908 -- Chlorination plant at Boonton -- Chlorine on trial, 1908 to 1910 -- Revolution and conquest -- Epilogue, 1908 and beyond. 520 $a "Perhaps no other advancement of public health has been as significant. Yet, few know the intriguing story of a simple idea-disinfecting public water systems with chlorine-that in just 100 years has saved more lives than any other single health development in human history. At the turn of the 20th century, most scientists and doctors called the addition of chloride of lime, a poisonous chemical, to public water supplies not only a preposterous idea but also an illegal act - until a courageous physician, Dr. John L. Leal, working with George W. Fuller, the era's greatest sanitary engineer, proved it could be done safely and effectively on a large scale. This is the first book to tell the incredible true story of the first use of chlorine to disinfect a city water supply, in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1908. This important book also corrects misinformation long-held in the historical record about who was responsible for this momentous event, giving overdue recognition to the true hero of the story-an unflagging champion of public health, Dr. John L. Leal."--Back cover 650 0 $a Water $x History. $x Chlorination $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Water $x History. $x Chlorination $x Health aspects $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Water quality $z United States $x History. 710 2 $a American Water Works Association. 941 $a 5 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214023939.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091215.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826083910.0 952 $l UXAX826 $d 20150515015240.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20140913010622.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4C158F103B0B11E4A24E73BBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search