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XV. 



Artificial water-storage. Irrigation. Utilising groundwater. 

 Land-drainage. Legislation regarding the use of water 

 in agriculture. 



Sources of Water-supply in Great Britain. 

 WILLIAM COLES-FINCH. Water. Its origin and use. London, 

 Alstan Rivers, 1908, pp. XXI, 483. 



The following observations are contained in the preface of this 

 interesting book : 



" Being professionally interested in the finding and distribution 

 of water, as engineer to important waterworks, I have naturally 

 been led to give this subject some attention and study, and I have 

 derived.no little pleasure in gathering together into the present 

 volume the notes and memoranda which I have accumulated during 

 a number of years, in the hope that my readers may find in it 

 some matter of interest, and may be led to the contemplation of 

 the wonders of Nature. 



Water in its various forms has been dealt with by some of the 

 most eminent of scientists. 



The subject, like the boundless ocean, is so wide, that there are 

 few branches of scientific research in which it does not claim 

 attention . 



As far as sources of water-supply in Great Britain are con- 

 cerned, the author states, Chap. XVIII, that some of the most 

 prolific borings are in Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire has also the di- 

 stinction of possessing the deepest boring for water in the United 

 Kingdom, i^ > 6i I / 2 feet. Many borings of Artesian (or Modenese) 

 wells exist also in the valley of the Medway, Kent. Other innu- 

 merable Artesian borings are all over the country. 



A very large proportion of the British supply of water is de- 

 rived from the lakes and rivers. Some natural lakes are preserved 

 for this purpose, the natural Loch Katrine in Scotland, for example ; 



