DISPOSAL OF FARM SEWAGE in a clean manneris always an important problem. The aimsof this bulletin are twofold: (1) To emphasize basicprinciples of sanitation; (2) to give directions forconstructing and operating home sewerage worksthat shall be simple, serviceable, and safe.
Care in operating is absolutely necessary. No installationwill run itself. Continued neglect ends infailure of even the best designed, best built plants.If the householder is to build and neglect, he mightas well save expense and continue the earlier practice.
Contribution from the Bureau of Public Roads
THOS. H. MacDONALD, Chief
Washington, D. C. | January, 1922 |
George M. Warren,
Hydraulic Engineer, Bureau of Public Roads.
Page. | |
Introduction | 3 |
Plans and advice | 3 |
Sewage, sewers, and sewerage defined | 4 |
Nature and quantity of sewage | 4 |
Sewage-borne diseases and their avoidance | 5 |
How sewage decomposes | 9 |
Importance of air in treatment of sewage | 10 |
Practical utilities | 11 |
Kitchen-Sink Drainage | 26 |
Cesspools | 26 |
Septic tanks | 28 |
Grease traps | 53 |
General procedure | 55 |
The main purpose of home-sewerag