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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.
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.
The sewer system plays a key part in H. L. Humes's 1958 novel, The Underground City. Humes, an American novelist, was a cofounder of the Paris Review. The sewer features in a section of Max Brook's World War Z. Many people fled to the sewers to escape the dead, but were followed, leaving one of the most dangerous campaigns of the "war".
The sewer treatment plant and miles of mains in the city, some a century old, needed updates. ... York PA sewer system sale was a big win, says mayor during plant tour. Show comments. Advertisement.
A BBC documentary entitled The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer focuses on the Thames Tideway Scheme. Charles Palliser's novel The Quincunx features the old, pre-Bazalgette London sewers of the early nineteenth century in an extensive sub-plot. The sewer system served as the hideout of Professor Ratigan in Disney's 1986 film The Great Mouse ...
The "old sea bank", built in the medieval era to protect part of The Fens from flooding A medieval ditch and bank, constructed for flood defence in West Sussex. Commissions of sewers, originally known as commissions de wallis et fossatis (Law Latin: "commissions of walls and ditches [or dikes]") [1] were English public bodies, established by royal decree, that investigated matters of land ...
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.
In the UK, a cesspit is a closed tank for the reception and temporary storage of sewage; in North America, this is simply referred to as a "holding tank".Because it is sealed, the tank must be emptied frequently – on average every 6 weeks [3] – but frequency varies a great deal and can be as often as weekly or as rarely as quarterly.