[Gutenberg 56271] • Municipal Housecleaning / The Methods and Experiences of American Cities In Collecting / and Disposing of Their Municipal Wastes by Capes, William Parr -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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STREET CLEANING: SEWAGE DISPOSAL: REFUSE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL:

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ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION STREET CLEANING SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS USED IN AMERICAN CITIES—METHODS OF REDUCING LITTER—COST DATA.

Contract vs. Municipal Cleaning Method of Reducing Litter Street Cleaning Factors and Standards Schedule of Street Cleaning Spring Cleaning Street Sprinkling Street Cleaning Methods Machine Sweeping Pick-up Machines Cleaning by Flushing Hose Flushing Cleaning by Squeegeeing Disposal of Street Refuse Relative Cost of Street Cleaning

The Sewerage System The Degree of Purification of Sewage Processes of Treatment Dilution Screening Grit Chambers Straining or Roughing Treatment in Tanks Plain Sedimentation The Septic Process The Imhoff Tank Chemical Precipitation Slate Beds Dosing Chambers Contact Filters—Single and Double 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

Collection Systems Methods of Collection Districting the City Organization of Collection Force Type of Equipment Location of Receptacles Time of Collection Frequency of Collection Enforcement of Collection Regulations Disposal of Ashes and Rubbish Revenue from By-Products Efficiency Tests and Suggestions Per Capita Production Cost Data

Types of Collection Systems Methods of Collection House Treatment Organization Receptacles and Vehicles Collection Regulations Cost of Collection Per Capita Production Garbage Disposal Feeding to Swine Dumping on Land Dumping in Large Bodies of Water Disposal by Sanitary Fill Burial Disposal Plants Incineration Reduction Drying Process Cooking Process

Initiating a Campaign The Organization Publicity Plans The Cooperating Forces Special Activities Fire Prevention and Inspection Sanitary Inspection Flies and Mosquitoes Results of Campaigns

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