Warsaw 1937. publishing house of waterworks and sewerage of the city of Warsaw. 18x25 cm, pp. (4), III, 615, (4) + separate folder with 26 fold-out appendices, numerous black and white illustrations and photographs and fold-out charts and plans in the text, softcover. Good condition (outdated library stamps, perforation and rubbing of the folder with appendices).
Book edited by Włodzimierz Rabczewski, director of the Waterworks and Sewerage System of the City of Warsaw, and Stanislaw Rutkowski, former deputy director.
Contents include: Creators of the Waterworks and Sewerage System of the Capital City of Warsaw. Topography, geology, hydrology of the city of Warsaw. Historical outline. History of the new waterworks and sewerage system of the city of Warsaw according to the project of W. Lindley and W. H. Lindley. Studies on groundwater for the construction of a separate water supply system for Prague. Studies on artesian waters for supplying Prague. Preliminary studies on the construction of a Rush Filter Plant in Praga and studies on drawing deep water from the Pravisa riverbed in Goclaw. Design of power plant equipment at the River Pump and Filter Stations. Design of canal sewage treatment plants. Measurements of Warsaw. River Pump Station. Filter Station. Inspection of water and sewer networks. Sewer Pump Stations. Financing of Water Supply and Sewerage Construction and Financial Results of Operation. Water Supply and Sewerage Legislation in the first 50 years of the Water Supply and Sewerage of the City of Warsaw. Employees. The Museum of Waterworks and Sewerage of the City of Warsaw. Municipal Sewage Treatment Station at Kaskada.
Among the appendices: Site plan of the Rush Filter Plant. Cross-sectional view of the hasty filter hall. Cross section of the pump hall. Diagram of the inflow regulator. Diaphragm apparatus with 4-way distribution valve. Flushing water regulator and high pressure network. Filter operating table. Network of the water supply of the city of Warsaw. The network of sewers of the city of Warsaw. Geological map of Warsaw on the surface. Geological profiles through Warsaw. Geological map of Warsaw, former clays and ponds of Warsaw.
