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In the fourth session of The Water Values Podcast, Mike McGuire joins us to talk about safe drinking water. Mike is a California-based engineer, author, blogger and water historian. He provides a terrific interview and reveals some little known history about safe drinking water. He also relates a story about drinking water from his travels to China and how Chinese culture approaches drinking water.
In this Session, You’ll Learn about:
- Dr. John Leal, the man responsible for bringing safe drinking water to the masses
- George Warren Fuller, the sanitary engineer who designed the world’s first chlorine feed system
- Waterborne diseases prevalent in turn-of-the-century water systems that proliferate today where safe drinking water is not available
- Chemophobia
- The turn-of-the-century Jersey City, New Jersey, water supply and the public-private partnership that led to the chlorination of drinking water
- How a court case led to the widespread chlorination of drinking water
- The research behind Mike’s book, The Chlorine Revolution, that uncovered information that would otherwise be lost to history
- Why Chinese culture provides that drinking water should be served hot
Resources and Links Mentioned in this Session Include:
- Wikipedia page on Mike McGuire
- Safe Drinking Water blog
- This Day in Water History blog
- Link to The Chlorine Revolution: Water Disinfection and the Fight to Save Lives
- Moses Baker’s book The Quest for Pure Water
- American Water Works Association
- Google Books
- Wikipedia page on Dr. John Leal
- Wikipedia page on George Warren Fuller
- Water History Group on LinkedIn
NOTE: At present, none of the above are affiliate links.
Transcript
Click here to download the Transcript for Session 4 of The Water Values Podcast.
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