The design, construction and maintenance of sewage disposal works ; being a practical guide to modern methods of sewage purification / by Hugh P. Raikes.

  • Raikes, Hugh Percival.
Date:
1908
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Credit: The design, construction and maintenance of sewage disposal works ; being a practical guide to modern methods of sewage purification / by Hugh P. Raikes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Methods of Sewage Purification, on the practical applica- tion of which I have been engaged for the past 15 years, in conjunction with my partner, Mr. J. Edward Willcox, M.Inst.C.E.; and I venture to hope that t-he collection and classification of the large amount of valuable information now available within the compass of a single book may lead to the circulation of ideas, and so prove of some benefit to those who at present find it difficult to get a comprehensive view of an exceedingly interesting but complex subject. No one is yet entitled to claim that he has solved the problem of Sewage Disposal by determining the most efficient and economical means of preventing the pollution of our rivers and estuaries in all circumstances ; and although the concentrated attention of so many thoughtful observers on the subject has naturally resulted in the very rapid de- velopment of our knowledge regarding it, the full benefit of their independent researches in various places is only to be obtained by the collection and comparison of the valuable data which have been published from time to time, but only in scattered and disconnected form. It is, however, most unsafe to assume that because a particular method of sewage purification or disposal has proved successful in one case, a similar arrangement of works will give equally satisfactory results elsewhere, since the wide variations in local conditions require the most careful consideration before it is possible to determine the system or combination of systems by which the essential principles of a process can be most conveniently applied.