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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... yards , the solid and liquid excretions of animals in the streets , the drainage from stables and pig - sties , the blood and other animal matters from slaughter - houses , silt from street sweepings , and some- times , if the town is ...
... yards , the solid and liquid excretions of animals in the streets , the drainage from stables and pig - sties , the blood and other animal matters from slaughter - houses , silt from street sweepings , and some- times , if the town is ...
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... yards , and a certain amount of ground water , find their way into the sewers . Sewage , as defined , is the liquid contents of a sewer ; and as a sewer has a specific meaning under the Public Health Acts , the definition of this word ...
... yards , and a certain amount of ground water , find their way into the sewers . Sewage , as defined , is the liquid contents of a sewer ; and as a sewer has a specific meaning under the Public Health Acts , the definition of this word ...
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... of sewage alluded to are the dry - weather flow ; but as the back yards of houses are invariably drained into the public sewers , and , as a rule , the streets are also drained into the sewers , it will be obvious that the least fall.
... of sewage alluded to are the dry - weather flow ; but as the back yards of houses are invariably drained into the public sewers , and , as a rule , the streets are also drained into the sewers , it will be obvious that the least fall.
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... yard per day , or two and a half million gallons per 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 ...
... yard per day , or two and a half million gallons per 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 ...
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... yards of sludge were removed , 400,000 being con- tributed by the Irwell , and 200,000 by the Mersey and Bollin . The nature of the deposit will be seen from the following analysis by Mr. W. Naylor , F.C.S. , of the mud taken from ...
... yards of sludge were removed , 400,000 being con- tributed by the Irwell , and 200,000 by the Mersey and Bollin . The nature of the deposit will be seen from the following analysis by Mr. W. Naylor , F.C.S. , of the mud taken from ...
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