Water-supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey, Volumes 18-25U.S. Government Printing Office, 1898 |
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20 feet ammonia amount angles of weather applied appropriation average blue board of health bottom broad irrigation canal cent Centerville channel chemical clay constructed cost Creek cubic diameter discharge district drainage area east East Canada Creek effluent elevation engineer experiments feet deep feet in depth feet wide filter areas filter beds flow Fresno Fresno Canal friction gallons per acre Genesee River head gate inches intermittent filtration irrigation Kaweah River Kings River Lake load main canal Massachusetts material maximum Merced River mill moraine nitrification penetrates plain plant pollution portion Pounds pumping Rept reservoir sails San Joaquin River San Joaquin Valley sand and gravel second-feet sewage disposal sewage purification sewerage sewers Slough soil square miles stream surface tanks tion town tributaries Tulare Lake underdrains upper valley Velocity of wind vicinity Visalia water supply width wind wheel
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