SEWAGE AND SEWERAGE OF FARM HOMES.
George M. Warren,
Hydraulic Engineer, Bureau of Public Roads.
CONTENTS.
| 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] |
INTRODUCTION.
The main purpose of home-sewerage works is to get rid of sewage in such way as (1) to guard against the transmission of disease germs through drinking water, flies, or other means; (2) to avoid creating nuisance. What is the best method and what the best outfit are questions not to be answered offhand from afar. A treatment that is a success in one location may be a failure in another. In every instance decision should be based upon field data and full knowledge of the local needs and conditions. An installation planned from assumed conditions may work harm. The householder may be misled as to the purification and rely on a protection that is not real. He may anticipate little or no odor and find a nuisance has been created.