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Richard Thurston's Water TImeline
Water History Timeline
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Richard Thurston
⟶ Actualizado 25 ene 2018 ⟶
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Robert Thom invented slow sand filters
In the 1700s the first water filters for domestic application were applied
In 1804 the first actual municipal water treatment plant designed by Robert Thom
Finally, in the U.S. in 1974, Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act
Around 3000 B.C., the city of Mohenjo-Daro (Pakistan) used a very extensive water supply.
In 300-200 BC, Rome built its first aqueducts.
In 1977 the emerging problems related to water scarcity led to the United Nations Water Conference (Mar del Plata, Argentina).
Many different water treatment methods are mentioned in the Sanskrit medical writings known as the Sus’ruta Samhita, which dates back to about 2,000 B.C.
In 1671, Sir Francis Bacon revealed his ideas about desalination in his writings A Natural History of Ten Centuries. He had come across an experimenter who had succeeded in purifying seawater by passing it downward through 20 vessels
In 1671, Sir Francis Bacon revealed his ideas about desalination in his writings A Natural History of Ten Centuries. He had come across an experimenter who had succeeded in purifying seawater by passing it downward through 20 vessels (copy)