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The Chlorine Revolution: Water Disinfection and the Fight to Save Lives
The Chlorine Revolution Water Disinfection and the Fight to Save Lives Author:Michael J. McGuire From its 1908 beginnings, the history of drinking water chlorination is a compelling subject with controversy that surprises the modern reader. — The Chlorine Revolution is about Dr. John L. Leal, a physician turned water expert, and his partnership with George Warren Fuller, — the greatest sanitary engineer of the time, to plan, build, and operat... more »e the first, large-scale drinking water disinfection system
in the US. It is also about a court case that pitted engineering and scientific experts of the day against each other. The verdict
approving the use of chlorine for the Jersey City water supply caused an explosion of its use, which led to the conquest of waterborne disease in the US.
This is the first book to tell the true story of the first large-scale drinking water disinfection project and explain the resulting
scientific and engineering achievements. Presented in a readable style for the public as well as engineering and water
professionals, this extensively researched book corrects some long-held misinformation in the historical literature.
This thorough but accessible science-history book provides the dramatic details on the reduction of waterborne illness and how "the most significant public health advance of the millennium" came to pass.« less