-
Chapter I. Geology,
Topography and Rainfall of the Huddersfield District.
-
Chapter
II. Early Water Supplies - The Sir John Ramsden
Waterworks, 1743; the Sir John Ramsden Canal, 1780;
the Huddersfield Canal COmpany, 1798. Market Place Scheme
and Bradley Spout.
-
Chapter III.
Public Wells, Cisterns and Watering Places - Private
Supplies and Local Waterworks Companies.
-
Chapter IV.
Waterworks Commissioners - Longwood Reservoirs;
Wessenden Commissioners; Commissioners of the Holme
Reservoirs; Improvement Commissioners; Incorporation
and Transfer of Waterworks.
-
Chapter
V. Incorporation of the Borough - Waterworks Undertakings;
Central Pennines as an Area of Supply; Conditions in
the Catchment Area. Storage Reservoirs: Deerhill, Blackmoorfoot,
Wessenden, Wessenden Head, Wessenden Springs, Blakeley,
Butterley, Deanhead.
-
Chapter VI.
Underground Water Supplies - Boreholes. Brow Grains,
Blackmoorfoot, Isle of Skye, Deanhead.
-
Chapter
VII. Analysis and Bacteriological Examination of Water.
Polluted Wells and Cisterns.
-
Chapter
VIII. Sources of Pollution; Filtration; Slow Sand
Filters; Pressure Filters; Filter Stations; Lime Treatment;
Chlorination; Lead Poisoning.
-
Chapter
IX. Service Reservoirs - Capacities; Variations
in Rainfall; Capacities of Storage Reservoirs During
Drought Periods; Pumping From Blakeley Reservoir; Quantities
of Water from Boreholes During Drought.
-
Chapter
X. Testing and Inspection of Fittings, Pipes and Mains
- Detection of Waste; Reconditioning of Mains; Incrustation
of Water Pipes; Cause of Incrustations.
-
Chapter
XI. Statistics and Finance - Average Consumption
Per Day, 1928-1938; Growth of Waterworks Undertakings,
1878-1938. Statistics of County Borough and District
of Waterworks Supply; Census Population, 1831-1931.
-
Chapter XII.
Need For Further Water Supplies - Effect of Drought
Periods; Conditions in the Colne Valley; Holme Valley
Supplies; The New Digley Reservoir.
