Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-22
CITY SEWAGE PROBLEM
Board of Health Will Prevent
Emptying of Sewage Into
Iowa Streams
CITIES MUST CHANGE METHODS
State Board of Health Believes the Pol
luton Of Iowa Streams by City Sew
age is Serious and lnstructs its En-
sineer to Report ACCESSIBILITY of Rad
ieal Measures to Stop 1t.
pecial to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican
| Des Moines. Aug. EFF the state
board of health carries it's campaign
lagainst the pollution of Iowa streams
and rivers nearly every city and town
in the state Will be compelled to revise
| its method of caring for it's sewage
At the boards recent meeting a resolu-
| ton was considered and then referred
! to the boards civil engineer with a re-
quest that he take it under consdera-
ton and report back to the board at as
early date as possible giving his re-
commentator as to what action along
the proposed line would be advisable.
| 1t is the desire of the board to pre-
vent the emptying of sewage from cit
les and factories into the streams and
rivers. While the resolution is some
believed that Col. Francis. the engineer
of the board will approve its objects.
He prepared "a paper few days ago
for the biennial report of the state
board of health in which he discussed
the situation as to the emptying of
sewers into rivers and called attention
to the fact that every town has a valid
AFFECTION which. justified in law, would
require prohibition of such sewage dis
posal. Federal legislation on the sub
ject is regarded by scientists as the
probable solution. Without it, Ottum-
wa might compel Des Moines to with
draw sewer outlets from the river, but
St Louis might not be able to enforce
like demand again keokuk.
The Iowa board of health has been
discussing the subject for a long time.
AS cities have grown. the question has
grown In importance.
The resolution follows:
Whereas. ii has been abundantly
proved and effective established that it
is contrary to public policy and men,
ace to public health to pollute the
lakes streams and watercourses OF the
state by discharging domestic and
manufacturing sewage into them.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Iowa state board of
health That it is contrary to the public
policy, menace and injurious to the
public health to pollute the lakes.
streams and watercourses of the state.
No starch factory. creamery. paper
mill, glucose factory or other factory
or mill from which waste products are
discharged. which pollute the lakes,
streams or watercourses of the state,
shall be established or maintained
until such location where 1t is desired
to establish such factory shall have
been duly examined by the engineer of
this board and permission granted for
the establishment of such factory or
mill
NO factory. creamery or mill shall
be permitted to discharge its waste
products or sewage into lakes. streams
or watercourses of the state where
such pollution becomes Il nuisance Of
fensive and a menace to the public
health.
This board. as conservator of the
public health shall make careful exam
nation into any pollution of the lakes
streams and WatercourSeS where Such I
waste products are discharged. upon /
the request of the mayor or city coun- /
ell of any town, and thru it's engineer
shall determine whether such discharge
Or pollution of the lakes, streams or
of the state is detrimen- |
tai to the public health" /