Water for Hartford: The Story of the Hartford Water Works and the Metropolitan District Commission (Garnet Books)

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As good health is inextricably wedded to pure drinking water—and this particular concern looms larger each day—understanding delivery systems is almost as necessary as the water itself. Water for Hartford chronicles the century-long effort, beginning in the 1850s, to construct a viable, efficient water system. The story of Hartford’s water works is an engaging one, for it recalls the hard work, great sacrifice, and ordinary engineering feats essential to deliver wholesome drinking water to a growing urban center. It also illuminates the ever-changing social, political, and economic milieu in which it used to be built.

The story of its construction could also be the story of three men—Hiram Bissell, Ezra Clark, and Caleb Saville. Readers are transported back in time and given a firsthand glimpse of what these champions of a water system faced each day: unforgiving geography, venal politicians, and an ceaselessly-indifferent public. The book culminates in the exhilaration of having built a water works from scratch to deliver clean, protected drinking water to the masses. Water for Hartford is a human story, peopled by men of vision and achievement, who understood that their decisions and actions would have an effect on millions of people for decades to come.

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