Joe Bella - Drinking Water History of Passaic Valley Water Commission - AWWA Fly In 2010

Chesapeake Section Government Affair Chair J. Scott Shipe with Joe Bella - Executive Director Passiac Valley Water Commission, Clinfton New Jersey at the AWWA FLY IN Washington, DC 2010

Mr. Bella gives a summary of the superb water works history of Passiac Valley Water Commission. Chlorine disinfection of drinking water spreads across america from this section of New Jersey. Cholera and Typhoid Fever and other water bourne diseases, which can be transmitted through unsanitary water were totally eliminated in the United States during the twenties by water treatment plants adopting this drinking water treatment method.

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