The geology of soils and substrata, with special reference to agriculture, estates, and sanitation . FIG. 13.—SECTION SHOWING WELL-WATER LIABLE TO POLLUTIONFROM PARISH DUST-HEAP. 4, Kimeridge Clay. 3, Corallian Limestones. 2, Corallian Sands,i, Oxford Clay. A, Approximate plane of saturation or , Rubbish heap. C, Well. Here we find a well supplied with water from strata worked forbuilding-stone in a quarry, the abandoned part of which, about200 yards distant from the well, is utilized as a receptacle for thevillage FIG. 14.—SECTION SHOWING WELL-WATER LIABLE TO POLLUTIONFR
The geology of soils and substrata, with special reference to agriculture, estates, and sanitation . FIG. 13.—SECTION SHOWING WELL-WATER LIABLE TO POLLUTIONFROM PARISH DUST-HEAP. 4, Kimeridge Clay. 3, Corallian Limestones. 2, Corallian Sands,i, Oxford Clay. A, Approximate plane of saturation or , Rubbish heap. C, Well. Here we find a well supplied with water from strata worked forbuilding-stone in a quarry, the abandoned part of which, about200 yards distant from the well, is utilized as a receptacle for thevillage FIG. 14.—SECTION SHOWING WELL-WATER LIABLE TO POLLUTIONFROM PIT USED FOR RUBBISH. i, Kimeridge Clay. 2, Portland Limestones. 3, Lower Greensand. A, Approximate water-level. B, Old pit used for rubbish. C, W7ell. Here again a pit in pervious strata, from which supplies of drinking-water are drawn, is used as a kind of dust-bin. DISPOSAL OF WASTE-WATER, ETC. 179 Where parishes cannot afford a dust-destructor, it maybe necessary to utilize some artificial excavation ; but thisshould be selected at a distance from public roads andfootpaths, and not be in pervious strata, where there is apossibility of contamination to sources of 6-inch Geological Survey maps should aid localauthorities in fixing sites for such purposes. Here it maybe mentioned that an experimental area of about 200 acres,known as the Murieston Estate (by New Park Station, onthe Caledonian Railway, and about thirteen miles south-west of Edinburgh towards West Calder), has been usedby the Edinburgh Distre
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