Municipal Housecleaning

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Author

Carpenter, Jeanne Daniels

Title

Municipal housecleaning : the methods and experiences of American cities in collecting and disposing of their municipal wastes—ashes, rubbish, garbage, manure, sewage, and street refuse

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TD: Technology: Environmental technology, Sanitary engineering

Subject

Refuse and refuse disposal

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56271

Release Date

December 31, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MUNICIPAL HOUSECLEANING THE METHODS AND EXPERIENCES OF AMERICAN CITIES IN COLLECTING AND DISPOSING OF THEIR MUNICIPAL WASTES—ASHES, RUBBISH, GARBAGE, MANURE, SEWAGE, AND STREET REFUSE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.BIBLIOGRAPHY — STREET CLEANING : — SEWAGE DISPOSAL : — REFUSE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL :
4. 4.CONTENTS — TABLES
5. 5.ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
6. 6.INTRODUCTION
7. 7.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
8. 8.SEWAGE DISPOSAL EFFICIENCY OF PROCESSES USED BY AMERICAN CITIES—OPINIONS OF AUTHORITIES—EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW METHODS. — 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
9. 9.ASHES AND RUBBISH COST AND METHODS OF COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL IN AMERICAN CITIES—EQUIPMENT—REGULATIONS—BY-PRODUCTS — 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
10. 10.GARBAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES IN AMERICAN CITIES—FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE COST—OPINIONS OF EXPERTS—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
11. 11.CARE AND DISPOSAL OF MANURE REGULATIONS IN MANY AMERICAN CITIES—PROVISIONS FOR STORING AND REMOVING THE WASTE—CARE OF STABLES
12. 12.MUNICIPAL CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGNS INTENSIVE COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO TEACH URBAN RESIDENTS THE NEED OF CLEANLINESS AND FIRE PREVENTION — Initiating a Campaign — The Organization — Publicity Plans — The Cooperating Forces — Special Activities — Fire Prevention and Inspection — Sanitary Inspection — Flies and Mosquitoes — Results of Campaigns
13. 13.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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