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  2. London sewer system - Wikipedia

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    The intercepting sewers, constructed between 1859 and 1865, were fed by 450 miles (720 km) of main sewers that, in turn, conveyed the contents of some 13,000 miles (21,000 km) of smaller local sewers. Construction of the interceptor system required 318 million bricks, 2.7 × 10 6 cubic metres (9.5 × 10 7 cu ft) of excavated earth and 670,000 ...

  3. History of water supply and sanitation - Wikipedia

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    Six main interceptor sewers, totaling almost 100 miles (160 km) in length, were constructed, some incorporating stretches of London's 'lost' rivers. Three of these sewers were north of the river, the southernmost, low-level one being incorporated in the Thames Embankment.

  4. Simplified sewerage - Wikipedia

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    Schematic of a simplified sewer: Smaller diameter pipes are laid at a shallower depth and at a flatter gradient than for conventional sewers. [1]Simplified sewerage, also called small-bore sewerage, is a sewer system that collects all household wastewater (blackwater and greywater) in small-diameter pipes laid at fairly flat gradients.

  5. Northern Outfall Sewer - Wikipedia

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    In total, five interceptor sewers were constructed north of the Thames. Three were built by Bazalgette, and two were added 30 years later: The northernmost (Northern High Level Sewer) begins on Hampstead Hill and is routed past Kentish Town and Stoke Newington and under Victoria Park to the start of the Northern Outfall Sewer at Wick Lane.

  6. Sewerage - Wikipedia

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    Map of Seattle sewer districts, 1894. The main part of such a system is made up of large pipes (i.e. the sewers, or "sanitary sewers") that convey the sewage from the point of production to the point of treatment or discharge. Sewers under construction in Ystad, Sweden. Types of sanitary sewer systems that all usually are gravity sewers include:

  7. Sanitary sewer - Wikipedia

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    A force main or rising main [8] is a pumped sewer that may be necessary where gravity sewers serve areas at lower elevations than the sewage treatment plant, or distant areas at similar elevations. A lift station is a sewer sump that lifts accumulated sewage to a higher elevation.

  8. Akron gets approval for smaller Northside Interceptor Tunnel ...

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    The previously approved downsize will save ratepayers millions, and the city is planning ways to save more on the sewer overhaul project. Akron gets approval for smaller Northside Interceptor ...

  9. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

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    The MWRD's main purposes are the reclamation and treatment of wastewater and flood water abatement in Cook County to protect the health and safety of citizens and of area waterways. In 1900, the District notably reversed the flow of the Chicago River , and it is currently involved in the large multi-decade construction of the "Deep Tunnel ...