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Title
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Water Softening Improvements for Kansas City
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Description
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Photos, architectural drawings, tables, and description of the water softening improvements and new facilities (some pictured under construction) in Kansas City during World War II, with the process starting in 1928, in a detailed article written by Melvin Hatcher, chief engineer and superintendent of the Kansas City Water Department.
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Date
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1942-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Water-Works Operation: Water Softening at Kansas City
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Description
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Report of the expensive but needed water softening operation by the Water Department, due to Kansas City's water's "high degree of hardness, averaging about 215 ppm (parts of sediment per million units of water) and reaching a maximum, during winter months...of as much as 350 ppm."
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Date
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1942-05
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Object Type
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Magazine
