Open AccessTHE SEWAGE PROBLEM IN SMALL TOWNS
Author(s) -
Paul Hansen
Publication year - 1916
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.6.4.360
Subject(s) - sewerage , dispose pattern , small town , sewage , environmental planning , business , environmental health , waste management , environmental science , engineering , medicine , socioeconomics , economics
The small town, large enough to need a system of sewerage but small enough so that the expense per individual installation is greater than in large cities, presents one of the acute problems of sanitary engineering. Mr. Hansen discusses some of the means employed to dispose of the wastes of small communities.