Before revision: other cities in the UK In Merthyr Tydfil, a large town in South Wales, most houses discharged their sewage to individual cess-pits which persistently overflowed causing the pavements to be awash with foul sewage.Report of the Principal Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council, 1889 Paris, France In 1802, Napoleon built the Ourcq canal which brought 70,000 cubic meters of water a day to Paris, while the Seine river received up to of wastewater per day.
After revision: Other Cities in the UK In Merthyr Tydfil, a large town in South Wales, most houses discharged their sewage to individual cess-pits which persistently overflowed causing the pavements to be awash with foul sewage.Report of the Principal Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council, 1889 Paris, France In 1802, Napoleon built the Ourcq canal which brought 70,000 cubic meters of water a day to Paris, while the Seine river received up to of wastewater per day.