J This note on the purification of the watersupply of the Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawar, may prove useful to medical officers, by reminding them of the ease with which even very large quantities of water can be rendered fit for drinking purposes at a very low cost, and with the most primitive of apparatus, by means of bleaching powder. The water-supply of the Asylum is derived from a spring...

BACKGROUND Access to adequate quantities of water has a protective effect on human health and well-being. Despite this, public health research and interventions are frequently focused solely on water quality, and international standards for domestic water supply minimums are often overlooked or unspecified. This trend is evident in Inuit and other Arctic communities even though numerous transmi...

Water supply is a major problem in the Adriatic islands, especially during the summer tourism season, and represents a limiting factor to the islands' further economic development. Much attention has been given to water supply solutions, primarily in terms of attempting to use the existing island water. Unfortunately, few islands have favourable hydrological conditions to accumulate significant...