 | Thomas J. Bell - 1882 - 154 pages
...of which we have quoted. The Rivers Pollution Commission of Great Britain arrived at the conclusion "that there is no river in the United Kingdom long...to effect the destruction of sewage by oxidation." And a direct contradiction of the statement by the eminent physician, Dr. Letheby, medical officer... | |
 | Henry Aubrey Husband - 1883 - 642 pages
...Commission state, on the experiments made by them with a view to the solution of this question, that ' it will be safe to infer, however, from the above...to effect the destruction of sewage by oxidation.' The apparent purification of running streams is due to the following : — 1. Oxidation. 2. Deposition.... | |
 | Alexander de Courcy Scott - 1884 - 138 pages
...which are detailed in the most precise manner by the Commissioners, justify them in their assertion that there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to secure the oxidation and destruction of any sewage which may be discharged into it, even at its source.... | |
 | 1886 - 760 pages
...at all satisfactory. The conclusions of the River Commissioners of Great Britain on this subject are that there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to secure the oxidation and destruction of any sewage that may be discharged into it, even at its source.... | |
 | William Henry Corfield - 1887 - 560 pages
...unpolluted water, and that it is impossible to say how far such water must flow before the sewagematter becomes thoroughly oxidised. It will be safe to infer,...to effect the destruction of sewage by oxidation. Mr. Simon's evidence before the Royal Commission on Water Supply, above referred to, shows that he... | |
 | Connecticut. State Department of Health - 1887 - 656 pages
...impossible to say how far such water must flow before the sewage matter becomes thoroughly oxidized. It will be safe to infer, however, from the above...to effect the destruction of sewage by oxidation." (Sixth Report of the Commissioners appointed in 1S68 to enquire into the best means of preventing the... | |
 | Kansas State Board of Health - 1887 - 250 pages
...per hour, or after the lapse of a week." The Commission further say, that "it will be safe to infer, from the above results. that there is no river in...to effect the destruction of sewage by oxidation." I am aware that there is no immediate danger of the streams in Kansas being polluted to the extent... | |
 | Albany Institute - 1887 - 354 pages
...the commissioners concluded that purification by natural oxidation had been greatly overrated, and that " there is no river in the united kingdom long enough to secure the oxidation and destruction of any sewage which may be discharged into it even at its source."... | |
 | New Hampshire. State Department of Health - 1887 - 314 pages
...dilution. The Rivers Pollution Commission of England, after extended investigation, have concluded that " there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to secure oxidation and destruction of any sewage which may be discharged into it even at its source."... | |
 | 1887 - 334 pages
...dilution. The Rivers Pollution Commission of England, after extended investigation, have concluded that " there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to secure oxidation and destruction of any sewage which may be discharged into it even at its source.... | |
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... the oxidation of the organic matter in sewage proceeds with extreme slowness, even when the sewage is mixed with a large volume of unpolluted water, and that it is impossible to say how far such water must flow before the sewage matter becomes thoroughly... 
