This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...in the case of surface streams, the law was clear, righteous and intelligible, the law relating to underground water required some amendment. The facts upon which the geological aspect of this particular case were based were set forth, 1 Engineering, vol. lxiii. p. 835; The Contract Journal, vol. xxxvi. pp. 985 and 1026; The Journal of Gat Lighting, vol. lxix. p. 1240. THE INst. C.e. VOL. CXXX. p and the question of the amount of the percolation of the rainfall into the pebble-bed area was discussed. Another controversial question concerned the distance apart at which wells in the red sandstone might affect the water-levels in each other by pumping. The result of the protracted fight, which occupied nineteen days, was that the Nottingham Corporation were defeated in respect of...