ID#: 8631
Caption:
This historic diagram, which had been digitally enhanced, depicted a cross-sectional representation of an improperly constructed flowing well that was being used as a farm’s potable water supply. Note that both the privy and the barn, had been built uphill from the well. This increased the chances for contamination from liquid waste traveling downhill from these structures. The water supply was also accessible to animals, which increased the chances of contamination. By dipping a receptacle into the well in order to retrieve water, the farmer is also contributing to the chances that the water supply could become contaminated. Published in 1917, this was one of a series of instructional drawings, used by the Minnesota Board of Health to train its state public health workers. The purpose of this image, and the training, was focused on protecting potable water supplies from bacterial contamination.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Minnesota Department of Health, R.N. Barr Library; Librarians Melissa Rethlefsen and Marie Jones
Creation Date: 1917
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Links: Minnesota Health Department
Minnesota Health Department; R.N. Barr Library
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