Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-05-15

,g.Je SCOPE Of a New Maryland Law.
Water publication as practical
.tfem. is solved. as heretofore
.arted out; but, what is more far
.5.cling. so far as this community is
-arued II has been made matter
..-.rnmental function, in Maryland,as
4. other states keeping up with the
neral advance Of the country in san
cation progress. We can no longer re-
.s-d the installation of filtration
a.aat here as being something of which
* ARE the sole judges. for by law
enacted AT the last session of the Leg
...aurc. the state Board of Health is
Given the widest and most effective
control. among other things,of all pub
Ha water supplies.
fbaptcr $40 Of the Acts OF 1914, is
..tn act for the better preservation of
I'D public health by preserving the
.nr.ty of the waters of the State, pro-
ding f5r Che supervision and con-
..I B.. ,he State Board of Health over
.4ur. Ice supplies. sewerage. trades
-. ,es ana refuse disposal land for the
.n.anance, alteration, extension
and construction of systems and
WORKS relating therteo,, etc, and pre-
aHHme penalties for violation Of the
orders and regulations OF the State
Board of Health made in connection
herewith. etc Under the broad
srma Of this Act, the Board is en-
powered to examine all existing water
apply systems, and to compel their
operation ina a manner which shall
protect the pubblic health and COM
mt: no new public waterworks may
uc constructed. nor old ones mate
riauy altered or extended without the
written permission Of the Board; il is
givn fun authority 10 place its own
experts in charge of any plant it
lnds being so operated as not to pro-
tuce such results, from a sanitary
,ardpoint as might be arsonably ex-
peeted" or being in any way men
gee 90 health or comforter nuisance
AND The powers given to the State
Board OF Health extend to all sys-
TENS of water supply, for public use,
owned and managed by "the State,
county, municipality, district. corpor-
lan company, institution or person.
That under this law. as it now APP
pears on the statute book, the State
Bosrd of Health would have unquali-
aed authority, for instanee,to order the
installation of filtration plant at our
resrroirs and to compel prompt
compliance with it's order. would
seem TO be clear The discretion vest
81 M the State Board of Health les OF
'ro widest scope. and the act goes into
He most comprehensive details. and
appears 70 be plentifuly supplied with
tco.b"
e may be reasonably assumed in
..e state OF public and expert knowl-
"-se as to filtration, that the Mary
@u3 State Board Of Health will lose no
.@e IN The near future in assuring TO
"Hry populous community in the
State q Uttered water supply
tde people, in general, viii not
o.uutauly provide themselves fill
laed water, they viii get it under the
eoerciye measures of the State santa
y authorities If the people are dis
posed 10 await the breaking out of a
disease epidemic traeeable to impure
'.eg before turning to filtration. the
ste Board of Health. whose motto is
ta Freyention. instead OF the cure. of
disease will not so delay.
Nuy question of compassion, how
eyer aside, there is a moral and legal
os,.eation on the part of q municipal
.ater supply TO furnish pure water to
Hie citizens of the community. and
'his obligation can only BE- met by fl.
ration. The essestial thing, however.
20 have somewhere "a reliable safe
harding mechanism between all posi-
BE- sources OF pollution and the water
asumer.."
-y adopting the policy of water fl
ION the greatest good viii result
IN the expenditure Of the least
Fey. and as | remarked in my last
Fagt water filtration for Annapolis
question that affects the water
f7.F OF ten thousand people in a
enee city. Such filtration would
oder the water, the year round. as
.r as crystal and absolutely pure.
e' detailing the good results we
Dad here in 1918 from chemical pro-