The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-06-08
Tie Care of The Drinking Water sapply.


Tie Care Of The D,iakiag Water Supply.
Clemson Extension Work.-Article IN.
Health is of drss Importance io all oc.
cupa,ions, since it governs the ability OF
the Individual 70 do work. The progress
s!veneSs OF community is governed by
its health:ulness, and this healthtulneSS
is measu.ed largely. directly or indi-
rec,lv, by the purity Of its drinking wa
ter. Almost our entire rural population
and the inhabitants OF = majority OF our
small towcs get their supply OF drinking
water from springs or from shallow
wells. 1t is 70 call attention 70 the often
improper surroundings OF these sources
OF drinking water that this article IS
written.
The principal disease supposed 10 be
communicable through the drinking
water are typhoid fever. cholo-a. dyseo-
terry and other diarrhoeai affections,
cholera infac.u,n, animal parasitic dis
eases, eateric :evers and scarlet fever.
OF the diseases mentioned typhoid fever,
cholera, dysentery, cholera infantum
and scarlet fever may also be carried by
milk: enterlc fever and typhoid BY fics;
and typhoid by raw oysters and raw
fruit. IL order that the water supply
or any Of the other agencies mentioned
may GARY these diseases II IS first nee
essary for them 10 become infected with
the specific infection which commune
Gates the disease. The infection Of ali
OF the sources mentioned except mos
ouisos, is derived from the ejecta OF .
patient suffering from the disease.
I, is fact proven by statistics that
the wa,er borne diseases begin 70 ia-
crease 10 July and are az their maxi
mum during August and September.
decreasing in October.
THE SPRING.
The ideal conditions for the spricG are
lha: It's watershed is uuiohabited. that
the watershed does not coutaiu stables,
baroyards. pig pens. pr!vies. cesspoo!S
or cemeteries: and j: should not be trav-
erSed by railroads nor highways :or all
OF these make infection possible. The
spring should be d;tcheG aroaud IN such
j way as 70 carry OF al OF the surface
water, both during downpour Of rain
and from pounded areas. and never al
low j, 70 be overaowed and filled or
trash OF any kind The surroundings
must be scrupulously cleau. The spring
itself should be walled with rock acd
covered 70 p-ecent trssh from falling
into it.
THE WELL.
Too many OF our wells are located in
the barcyard, in order tha, water may
DE convenient for the stock, regardless
OF sanitary conditions. The source o: the
dricking water for the family should BE
located on : well drained area, remote
from barns, pig pens, prIvies, cesspoolS,
cemeteries or drains, and should be ce-
meated from the edge outward 70 the
distance Of severa! feet. Above the sur
face OF this cement, 4 tight box should
be built and tight fitting cover pro-
ride6 il buckets are used. The pump is
much 70 be preferred 70 the bucket be-
cause i, lessons the danger of trash fall
iug in.o the we'll All waste water
should oe drained oil and no water al
lowed 70 spill back into the w>.!. No
puodleS should be allowed 10 form near
by in which hogs might wa!low. The
hog IS great gatherer Of 9th, and by
wa!lowins in puddle which drains into
well, there is great danger OF intec-
tiop.
Deep wells, properly protected 10 pre-
veat an inflow OF surface water at the
top. are 70 be preferred 70 either shall
low wells or springs, especially in the
southern part Of this State.
T. F.. kEITT,
Che. list 5. c., Experiment Station.