Timeline of water supply
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| 1879 | William Soper uses chlorinated lime to treat the sewage produced by typhoid patients.[1] | ||
| 1893 | Early attempts at implementing water chlorination at a water treatment plant are made in Hamburg.[1] | Germany | |
| 1897 | Maidstone in England becomes the first city to have its entire water supply treated with chlorine.[1] | United Kingdom | |
| 1905 | Serious typhid fever epidemic breaks out in Lincoln , England. Dr. Alexander Cruikshank Houston uses chlorination of the water to stem the epidemic. This marks the beginning of permanent water chlorination.[1] | United Kingdom |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Burke, Joseph. FLUORIDATED WATER CONTROVERSY. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
