Nashville | 24.0 | 139 | 140
Fall River | 82.0 | 35 | 35
Atlanta | 99.0 | 42 | 61
Memphis | 4.6 | 100 | 98
Quebec | 0 | 170 | . . .
Dayton, O. | 24.0 | 50 | 62
Camden, N. J. | 0 | 200 | 185
Des Moines, Ia. | 42.6 | 43 | 48
Ottawa, Ont. | 0 | 0 | . . .
Yonkers, N. Y. | 99.8 | 100 | 76
Newton, Mass. | 77.3 | 65 | 62
Madison, Wis. | 61.0 | 52 | 44
Albany, N. Y. | 12.3 | . . . | 192
New Bedford, Mass. | 15.4 | . . . | 101
Springfield, Mass. | 31.9 | . . . | 88
Holyoke, Mass. | 5.82 | . . . | [4]103
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[4] Estimated.
=152. Actual Daily Consumption in Foreign Cities.=—It has been for
a long time a well recognized fact that the daily use of water in
American municipalities is far greater per inhabitant than in European
cities. It is difficult to explain the marked difference, but it is
probably due in large part to the more extravagant general habits of
the American people. Examinations in a number of cases have shown that
the actual domestic use of water, at least in some of the American
cities, is not very different from that found in corresponding foreign
cities. Table II exhibits the consumption of water in European cities,
as compiled from various sources and given by Turneaure and Russell.
TABLE II.
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