Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming
DISPOSAL OF FARM SEWAGE in a clean manner is always an important problem. The aims of this bulletin are twofold--(1) to emphasize basic principles of sanitation; (2) to give directions for constructing and operating home sewerage works that shall be simple, serviceable, and safe.
Three types of sewage siphon are shown in Figure 24. In all, the essential principle is the same: A column of air is entrapped between two columns of water; when the water in th...
1. Part 1DISPOSAL OF FARM SEWAGE in a clean manner is always an important problem. The aims of this bulletin are twofold--(1) to emphasize basic principles of sanitation; (2) to give dir...
2. Part 2In plan the privy is 4 by 4½ feet. The sills are secured to durable posts set about 4 feet in the ground. The boarding is tight, and all vents and windows are screened to exclud...
3. Part 3=Limitations.=--That a septic tank is a complete method of sewage treatment is a widespread but wrong impression. A septic tank does not eliminate odor and does not destroy all...
5. Part 5The 4-inch siphon has a drawing depth of 33 inches, and as the siphon chamber is 4 feet wide by 6 feet long the dose is about 500 gallons. The siphon cost $35. The 6-inch sewer...