Abstract
THE latest addition to the series on the underground water supplies of England deals with three counties which form a convenient unit. The counties being agricultural rather than industrial or manufacturing, very large water supplies are required in few cases. Supplies are obtained chiefly by means of wells, but some water is obtained from springs, notably the supply of the town of Wisbech, which, however, obtains its water from the county of Norfolk. At least one town of more than 5000 inhabitants seems to have no public supply. Chalk and, to a less extent, lower greensan.d are the sources of water in these counties. The Oolites and Lias are also of some importance. The value of chalk in this respect in the south-east of England corresponds with that of New Red sandstone in the Midlands. In addition to full details of the wells and springs in the three counties Mr. Whitaker gives some useful indications as legards enlarging and improving existing supplies.
Memoirs of the Geological Survey: England and Wales. The Water Supply of Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and Rutland from Underground Sources.
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Whitaker
By. Pp. iv + 157. (Southampton: Ordnance Survey Office; London: E. Stanford, Ltd., 1922.) 7s. net.
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Memoirs of the Geological Survey: England and Wales The Water Supply of Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and Rutland from Underground Sources . Nature 110, 7 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110007d0
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