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HOW complex and how serious is the problem of maintaining a supply of water suitable to its needs few of the inhabitants of London have any conception. We turn the tap for our morning tub or to fill the kettle for tea and would be surprised and annoyed if the water did not readily flow. During the past few years, however, many large users of water have turned their attention to the provision of private supplies, and the number of wells has greatly increased. The early wells of the city and surrounding area were dug in the superficial gravels and Tertiary formations alone, for in those days they yielded a satisfactory supply without the need of descending further; gradually these shallow wells produced a smaller volume and a deteriorating quality of water, and had to be deepened and sunk into the Chalk.
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London Wells 1 . Nature 91, 139 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091139a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/091139a0