Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-07
SOLUTION or THE SEWAGE
PROBLEM.

0i sewage 0u scientific principles that
aJr within tho reach OF practical apple
cation has been long aud deeply studiea
| ny ilosos specially Interested in method.
90 sanitation, Many plans have been
| susststcI 90 accomplish the deHrci
object, ami the practical application 9.
| lhcIo rugFss,lons has caused tlu exc
puuiiluIe of yia. sums OF the public
money, iu most Instances without ob'
taiHlus even un ordinarily saus.u,'
tory result. Thus the problem OF SOW.
/ age disposal hos boon regarded na o.
growing one, especially boo i,a relation
Go The dcnliug Of the water supp.yaud
/ ils IuvHtIgatlou has been and De- "a
matter Of grave study asiis existence
has been au item OF serious concern.
cities that have adopted a sewage
lysiom generally are iu the position
that thoy must stay by Is because Of tho
enormous expense and Inconvenience
OF change, particularly u a radical
nature. But those elites which have
not yet adopted ormly completed tho r
sewage ayst,m exhibit wisdom in seek.
iug the la,yst surgcs,ioun that have roc
culvtd through fr,yugal denomination
Satisfactory enforcement Of tholr
utility. For tho per Get handling Of
the subject, however, iu way 20 reach
permanent aud satisfying results, %
should receive scientific study AMI
treatment, to be demonstrated by actual
experience. Such a procedure the
eminent sanitary engineer Nc. War.
lug, has sought 10 follow, and mia nr.
tiglu In tho last itsuc OF tho Century
would lead people TO suppose that ho
had ~ last reached the great object %
hls long and tirclusa 5carcl--lhs cheap
and effective disposal OF sewage by
simple tcioaunc or natural Tule1.
The gsuileman's coucIufious arc
VI great value TO growing towns
aud cltiU1 that are about 10 enter
upon extensive public Improvements
iu tho line treated Of. As Salt Lake
belongs TO this class. Nc. wsrlug's
Investigations and demonstrations
should be- %. dcop interest aud great
value 90 the municipal administration
aud tho citizens generally The con.
cIublon Of bic itquiry, like that OF tho
most prominent OF anilarians Of
modern times, Is that complete oziia.
ton 10 the only proper tOatmonl Tor
making sewage in0lguaiye 90 the
tuuacs or % health. Oxidation 90 duo
to au orgAniEud fermon,; that De-, Co tho
work Of living Organisms Theae
bacteria lnd their food in the organic
matter c1Ilaincd Boa sewage. They
multiply iu and consume % before %
can puuuly, IS it can be- unlimited 60
their ucli1u under favorable conditions.
This 10 tHsou % the key 10 tho whole
situation. Gu conformity TO this view
% 10 laid down asa INST, though diul.
cult, condition that sewage proper
should BIO kept separate from storm
water ana the deposits swept from the
surface o. the streets. Thi5i married.
departure from the uaual rule. but is
| Indicated as essential 90 perfect
success. with THE accomplished,
the sewage may bo made
completely haTmlrss by nItoriug
DO through successive layers Of gravel,
sand aud loan; 80 that nol only b.
there no annoyance 10 those living in
tho immediate nolghrorhood Of the
sewer outlet but the resulting hWI
drawn Oh from the bottom OF the nl,er
b. us sweet and pure and free from
living organisms as tho 13st water sup.
| ply eau Oe.
Uuder the manner Of treatment out.
liusd a comparatively amall area OF
land, OF the proper blind, viii take care
OF the refuse OF great city, at small
expense and with a perfection OF aau.-
Auou that 40 other huD8u method ap.
| pfDauduE, The Hyt.gm requires that
organic wastes be discharged al tho
sOWCg outlet ln .rUsh condition, before
putuRCu1u has oct iu. They alg
| ,uvn conveyed Immediately 90 tn.
land selected i0g sewage disposal Toe
[ liquid uEl passes over guI through 20
macs %, broken stone, tuau over a nu.
shaped surface %, Jguaef material uua
Ingn through suI, another sarsu uUur
Al tins, OF course, ism the open ulT.
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