A surface water treatment system for rural homes and farmsteads

Author

Edward B. Hale

Date of Award

12-1959

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Biosystems Engineering

Major Professor

C. W. Bockhop

Committee Members

C. H. Shelton, Henry Andrew

Abstract

The only objective of research work upon which this thesis is based was to design, construct, and test a water treatment system to utilize surface water sources to meet the demands for rural domestic and farmstead water. The system would provide an adequate supply of potable water for a family of five and maintain sanitary conditions for milking a herd of thirty cows. It is anticipated that the cows could be supplied water for drinking. The daily family needs would be fifty gallons per person or a total of two-hundred-fifty gallons (20). Approximately four-hundred-fifty gallons of water would meet the daily needs for cleaning the dairy utensils and the milking barn.

Recommended Citation

Hale, Edward B., "A surface water treatment system for rural homes and farmsteads. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1959.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/8847