The Purification of Sewage: Being a Brief Account of the Scientific Principles of Sewage Purification and Their Practical ApplicationC. Lockwood and son, 1904 - 220 pages |
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... acre per day . This rule is quite fair as long as the dry - weather flow does not exceed 30 gallons per head per day , but , in a case like Buxton , where the dry - weather flow is 100 gallons , it is out of the question to suggest that ...
... acre per day . This rule is quite fair as long as the dry - weather flow does not exceed 30 gallons per head per day , but , in a case like Buxton , where the dry - weather flow is 100 gallons , it is out of the question to suggest that ...
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... acre per diem , even if the sewage has the suspended matters first removed by means of precipitation . But if the purification alone of sewage is aimed at , and no return from crops is looked for , a much more open soil is most suitable ...
... acre per diem , even if the sewage has the suspended matters first removed by means of precipitation . But if the purification alone of sewage is aimed at , and no return from crops is looked for , a much more open soil is most suitable ...
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... acre . The surface of the coal measures is generally of an extremely stiff clay , which may be useful enough for ... acres of land to a depth of two feet with engine ashes . It is perfectly true that this enables the sewage to pass ...
... acre . The surface of the coal measures is generally of an extremely stiff clay , which may be useful enough for ... acres of land to a depth of two feet with engine ashes . It is perfectly true that this enables the sewage to pass ...
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... acre of land depends upon the nature of the soil . The author has under his supervision a farm consisting of about ... acre draining to some of the most important sewage farms . TABLE SHOWING POPULATION , AND VOLUME OF PARTIALLY TREATED ...
... acre of land depends upon the nature of the soil . The author has under his supervision a farm consisting of about ... acre draining to some of the most important sewage farms . TABLE SHOWING POPULATION , AND VOLUME OF PARTIALLY TREATED ...
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... acres of stiff clay land is occasionally irrigated , practically the whole of the sewage is disposed of on nine acres of open sandy gravel , the whole of which has been levelled and is under - drained ( the drains being six yards to ...
... acres of stiff clay land is occasionally irrigated , practically the whole of the sewage is disposed of on nine acres of open sandy gravel , the whole of which has been levelled and is under - drained ( the drains being six yards to ...
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