Research Notes 9-6-2011
*” Storage tanks and reservoirs are used to provide storage capacity to meet fluctuations in demand, to provide reserve supply for fire fighting use and emergency needs, to stablize pressures in the distribution system, to increase operating convenience and provide flexibility in pumping to provide water during source or pump failures and to blend different water sources.” ( Drinking Water Distribution Systems Assessing and Reducing Risks, National Research Council p21)
* “The first workable municipal system in NYC was the Old Croton Aqueduct in 1842.” ( The Sanitary City, Martin Melosi)
* “Two technical advances that made water delivery more practical in 18th century Europe was the invention of Steam Power to pump water and cast iron pipes.” ( The Sanitary City, Martin Melosi)
*”Currently, water is over consumed and wasted in large part because consumers do not receive appropriate signals about the value of the resource.” (OECD Proceedings: Water Consumption and Sustainable Water Resources Management p 23)
