Consulting engineers' reports, 1886-1931.

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Consulting engineers' reports, 1886-1931.

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As part of their mandate to protect drinking water supplies in Massachusetts, the Division of Water Supply and its predecessors have approved applications from water systems to establish public drinking water systems and withdraw water for that purpose from streams, reservoirs, great ponds, lakes, or other sources, pursuant to MGLA c 111, s 160. As part of the approval process, local or district water boards have submitted reports prepared by environmental engineers. Series was created to support the water system application process, to plan municipal/district drinking water systems, and to assess the impact of proposed drainage and sewer lines on drinking water supplies.

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Massachusetts. Division of Environmental Health.

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Massachusetts. State Board of Health

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The State Board of Health, established in 1869, was abolished in 1879, and its functions absorbed by the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity until 1886, when its was re-established. It was succeeded in turn by the State Department of Health in 1914 and the Department of Public Health in 1919. From the description of Minutes, 1869-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122405618 Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan ar...

Massachusetts. Division of Sanitary Engineering.

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Massachusetts. Division of Water Supply

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State oversight of public drinking water supplies and systems has been exercised successively by the following agencies: State Board of Health (1869-1879), State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity (1879-1886), and State Board of Health (1886-1914); also State Dept. of Health (1914-1919) and Dept. of Public Health (1919-1975), specifically from 1914 under the Division of Sanitary Engineering, renamed Division of Environmental Health in 1969 (including its Bureau of Water Supply and Water Qualit...