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Municipal housecleaning : $b the methods and experiences of American cities in collecting and disposing of their municipal wastes—ashes, rubbish, garbage, manure, sewage, and street refuse — John Shaqi

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Municipal housecleaning : $b the methods and experiences of American cities in collecting and disposing of their municipal wastes—ashes, rubbish, garbage, manure, sewage, and street refuse

Name: Municipal housecleaning : $b the methods and experiences of American cities in collecting and disposing of their municipal wastes—ashes, rubbish, garbage, manure, sewage, and street refuse
Author: Capes, William Parr

Capes, William Parr

Refuse and refuse disposal

Hammond, G. T. Sewage Treatment by Aeration and Activation.

  Weston, R. S., and Turner, C. E. Studies on the Digestion of a
    Sewage Filter Effluent by a Small and Otherwise Unpolluted Stream.


                     _REFUSE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL_:

  Chicago. City Waste Commission.

  Gerhard, W. P. Disposal of Household Wastes.

  Matthews, E. R. Refuse Disposal.

  Turrentine, J. W. Preparation of Fertilizer from Municipal Wastes.

  Conant, E. R. Refuse Disposal in Southern Cities, with Particular
    Reference to Savannah, Ga., with its new Incinerator.

  Rich, E. D. Garbage Collection and Disposal.

  Gerhard, W. P. Sanitation and Sanitary Engineering.




                                CONTENTS


                                                                    PAGE

 PREFACE                                                             vii

 BIBLIOGRAPHY                                                         ix

 INTRODUCTION                                                        xix

 CHAPTER

    I STREET CLEANING, Elements to be Considered—Contract versus
        Municipal Cleaning—Spring Cleaning—Street Sprinkling—Street
        Cleaning Methods—Machine Sweeping—Pick-up Machines—Cleaning
        by Flushing—Hose Flushing—Cleaning by Squeegeeing—Disposal
        of Refuse—Relative Cost                                        3

   II SEWAGE DISPOSAL METHODS, Need for Proper Disposal—Sewerage
        Systems—Purification of Sewage—Processes of Purification—
        Dilution—Screening—Grit Chambers—Straining or Roughing—
        Treatment in Tanks—Plain Sedimentation—Septic Process—The
        Imhoff Tank—Chemical Precipitation—Slate Beds—Dosing
        Chambers—Contact Filters—Trickling, Percolating or
        Sprinkling Filters—Intermittent Sand Filters—Broad
        Irrigation—Disinfection—Activated Sludge Process—Other
        Processes—Trade Wastes—Sludge Disposal and Value—Management
        and Supervision                                               71

  III ASH AND RUBBISH COLLECTION, Types of Collection Systems—
        Methods of Collection—Districting the City—Organization of
        Collection Forces—Kinds of Equipment—Location of
        Receptacles—Time of Collection—Frequency of Collection—
        Enforcement of Collection Regulations—Methods of Disposal—
        Revenues from By-Products—Efficiency Tests and Suggestions—
        Per Capita Production—Cost Data                              119

   IV GARBAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL, Collection Systems—Methods
        of Collection—House Treatment—Kinds of Equipment—Location
        of Receptacles—Time and Frequency of Collection—Enforcement
        of Collection Regulations—Cost—Per Capita Production—
        Feeding to Swine—Dumping on Land—Dumping in Large Bodies of
        Water—Disposal by Sanitary Fill—Burial—Disposal Plants—
        Incineration—Reduction                                       151

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