WATER (CULTURE AND CIVIC 

 IMPROVEMENT 



HE three chief mterests 

 of the public in water 

 culture lie (i) in mak- 

 ing the waters produc- 

 tive ; (2) in keeping the 

 waters clean and (3) in 

 preserving the beauty 

 of the waterside. Hap- 

 pily, these are con- 

 cordant, and not con- 

 flicting interests. 

 Another interest of everybody is in pure water to 

 drink. For city-dwellers, public water supplies must 

 be kept uncontaminated — a matter of ever increasing 

 difficulty as our population grows. This vast subject 

 falls without our present scope: its literature may be 

 found by following up a few references (Whipple, et. al.) 

 given in the bibliography at the close of this volume. 

 There are two very large reclamation enterprises, 

 with which water culture should have mvich to do in the 

 future : 



1. The reclamation of waste wet lands, and 



2. The utilization of water reservoirs. 



A few words maybe said here concerning each of these. 



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