The purification of sewage and water / by W.J. Dibdin.

  • Dibdin, W. J. (William Joseph), 1850-1925.
Date:
1898
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Credit: The purification of sewage and water / by W.J. Dibdin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE PURIFICATION OF SEWAGE AND WATER. INTEODUCTION. The advance wiiicli lias been made during the past few years in sanitary knowledge has resulted in such marked improvement in various ways that it will be of interest, as well as of use, to place on record some of the results which have been arrived at in the course of the personal experiences of the writer. The work involved in the purification of the river Thames has revealed facts, the statement of which, when first made public, was met with no little scepticism, but which have at length come to be acknowledged as well founded ; and the principles involved have been adopted in almost every community where the disposal of foul waters has been necessitated by the introduction of modern systems of drainage. Wilh the view of placing these experiences in an available form, and of combining with them the latest features in con-' nection with the work, it is proposed in the following articles to set out in a clear and succinct manner points on which many replies to frequent questions have hitherto been answered by letter or in papers before various societies. In due course the work will deal with the consideration of U. B