Chapter XIV

141. Introductory 179
142. First Steam-pumps 180
143. Water-supply of Paris and London 181
144. Early Water-pipes 181
145. Earliest Water-supplies in the United States 182
146. Quality and Uses of Public Water-supply 182
147. Amount of Public Water-supply 183
148. Increase of Daily Consumption and the Division
of that Consumption 183
149. Waste of Public Water 186
150. Analysis of Reasonable Daily Supply per Head of Population 188
151. Actual Daily Consumption in Cities of the United States 189
152. Actual Daily Consumption in Foreign Cities 191
153. Variations in Rate of Daily Consumption 192
154. Supply of Fire-streams 193