BURTON-ON-TRENT 
Natural History & Archeological Society. 
Burton Waters—Drinking and Brewing. 
By Frank E. Lott, Assoc.R.S.M., F.1.C., &c. 
Presidential Address, delivered November 19th, 1896. 
ONSIDERING that the wonderful position of this 
town, as the chief of all Brewing centres, is almost 
entirely due to the question of the water supply, I considered 
I might very well take this subject as one worthy of our 
consideration this evening, giving you the information so 
far as I have been able to obtain evidence, and trusting 
that I may be corrected on points that others are in a 
better position to verify; also I hope that those of my 
hearers who have studied the subject will excuse the very 
elementary character of much of what I have to say, my 
desire being to make it clear to even those who have not 
the elementary knowledge usually taken for granted. 
I purpose dividing my subject into two parts—Drinking- 
Water, and Brewing- Water. 
1.—DRINKING WATER. 
In consideration of this subject we are at the outset 
confronted with the necessity for a definition; we must 
have a clear idea what it is we have to consider, and I 
think in this case that will not be difficult. 
