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THOSE who have travelled in remote districts, even at home, cannot fail to have experienced at some time or other a keen sense of the fact that water is one of the most peremptory necessities of life, one which Nature generally supplies so freely and bountifully that habitual familiarity with the gift sometimes tends to lessen its appreciation. Moreover, the utility of water in various ways as a source of power, a means of communication, or a materil of manufacturing industry, has led to its application for a multitude of purposes besides the daily wants of life, and in many cases, unfortunately, this has been done in a way that has been attended with very serious consequences as regards the condition of natural sources of water supply.
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The Abuse of Water . Nature 1, 578–579 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001578a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/001578a0