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  2. National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa - Wikipedia

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    The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]

  3. History of water supply and sanitation - Wikipedia

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    The 18th-century French Consul in Egypt, De Pauw, blamed the abandonment of the embalming practices of the Ancient Egyptians and the unsuitability of modern burial practices for the Nile delta for the area becoming "a hotbed of the plague". [54] Some colonial commentary of this kind seemed informed by attitudes underpinning the ruling powers.

  4. Cherokee Sewer Site - Wikipedia

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    The Cherokee Sewer Site is a multi-component Prehistoric Indian Archaic bison processing site excavated in 1973 and 1976 near the sewage treatment plant of Cherokee, Iowa, United States. (Note: It is not associated with the Cherokee tribe of the Southeast or Oklahoma.)

  5. George E. Waring Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Advocate of sewer systems that keep domestic sewage separate from storm runoff George E. Waring Jr. (July 4, 1833 [ 1 ] – October 29, 1898) was an American sanitary engineer and civic reformer. He was an early American designer and advocate of sewer systems that keep domestic sewage separate from storm runoff.

  6. Immigration pushed Iowa's 19th-century growth; will be key to ...

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    European immigration fed Iowa's 19th-century population boom. The Black Hawk War with Indigenous people in 1832 opened the Iowa territory for settlement to immigrants primarily with European ...

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  8. History of waste management - Wikipedia

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    The first occurrence of organised solid waste management system appeared in London in the late 18th century. [13] A waste collection and resource recovery system was established around the 'dust-yards'. The main constituent of municipal waste was the coal ash ('dust') which had a market value for brick-making and as a soil improver.

  9. Commissions of sewers - Wikipedia

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    The commissions were placed on a statutory basis in 1427 by an act of Parliament, the Sewers Act 1427 (6 Hen. 6. c. 5) and were strengthened by later acts such as the 1531 Statute of Sewers and the Commissions of Sewers Act 1708. The commissions were abolished by the Land Drainage Act 1930, though some survived until after the Second World War.