Sewage disposal in the United States / by Geo. W. Rafter and M.N. Baker.

  • Rafter, Geo. W. (George W.), 1851-1907.
Date:
1894, ©1893
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Credit: Sewage disposal in the United States / by Geo. W. Rafter and M.N. Baker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    holes, flush tanks, outlets and other appurtenances. The specifications intended for contractors may be presented as fulfilling the above requirements, if considered desirable. 5. Duplicates of plans, profiles, details and specifications must be presented. The original will be returned to the sewer commissioners upon approval, with the official statement of that ap- proval. The duplicate will be filed according to law, in the office of the State Board of Health. The originals may be in any color desired. As portions at least of each set of plans will be repro- duced for the annual reports, it is quite necessary that the duplicates be drawn in black only, the distinction between lines being made by different forms of line rather than by colors. They must be as perfectly clear and definite as the originals, and may be upon tracing cloth. Red lines may be used if the ink is ground from a body color. Aniline red must not be used. 6. A report should be presented, written probably by the designing engineer, giving the data upon which calculations and locations were made, such as area, population, distribution, estimated increase in population, rainfall, amount of surface drainage to be taken care of and method of dis- posing of it, amount of roof-water, amount of sewage, and basis for the estimates of these amounts, a statement of such points as are peculiar to the locality, a description of devices for special pur- poses, and such other information as may be deemed necessary to a complete understanding of the plans as presented. This report should also give a general statement of the reasons for choice of system and of the method of disposal of sewage and drainage, an explanation of any special feat- ures connected therewith, and a statement of the proposed manner of maintaining the works, where a purification plant is intended. A tabular statement of the amounts of water and sewage to be disposed of by each sewer branch and main will be found the shortest and most convenient manner of presenting the major part of the information above required. APPENDIX VIII. AN ACT to Prevent the Pollution of Rivers and Sources of Water Supply.—Chapter 225, Laws of 1885. Approved, Mai-ch 7, 1885. To be enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota : Section 1. No sewage, drainage or refuse or polluting matter of such kind as either by itself or in connection with other matter will corrupt or impair the quality of the water of any spring, well, pond, lake, stream or river for domestic use, or render it injurious to health, and no human or animal excrement shall be placed in or discharged into, or placed or deposited upon the ice of any pond, lake, stream or river, used as a source of water supply by any town, village or city; nor shall any such sewage, drainage, refuse or polluting matter or excrement be placed upon the banks of any such pond, lake, stream or river within five miles above the point where such supply is taken, or into any feeders or the banks thereof, of any such pond, lake, stream or river. Sec. 2. The State Board of Health shall have the general supervision of all springs, wells, ponds, lakes, streams or rivers used by any town, village or city as a source of water supply, with reference to their purity, together with the waters feeding the same, and shall examine the same from time to time and inquire what, if any, pollutions exist, and their causes. In case of the violation of any of the provisions of section one (1) of this act, said Board may appoint a time and place for hearing parties to be affected, and shall give due notice thereof, as hereinafter pro- vided, to such parties, and after such hearing, if in its judgment the public health requires it, may order any person or corporation or municipal corporation to desist from the acts causing such pollutions, or to cleanse or purify the polluting substance in such a manner and to such a degree as shall be directed by said Board, before being cast or allowed to flow into the waters thereby polluted, or placed or deposited upon the ice or banks of any of the bodies of water in the first section of this act mentioned. Upon the application of the proper officers of any town, vil- lage or city, or of not less than — legal voters of any such town, village or city, to said Board, alleging the pollution of water supply of any such town, village or city by the violation of any of the provisions of this act, said Board shall investigate the alleged pollution, and shall ap- point a time and place when and where it will hear and examine the matter, and shall give notice