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Chapter 49: INDEX
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A comprehensive technical manual presenting principles and practical methods for planning, designing, constructing, and maintaining urban sewerage systems and for treating sewage. It covers preliminary investigations and financing; estimation of dry-weather and storm flows; sewer hydraulics and pipe sizing; layout and appurtenances such as manholes and inlets; pumps and pumping-station design; materials selection; and sewage treatment processes including activated sludge. The material pairs theoretical explanations with formulas, diagrams, examples, and bibliographic references to aid practical application in both classroom and field work.

INDEX

  • A. B. C. process of sewage treatment, 4
  • Abandonment of contract, 225
  • Access to work, 228, 229
  • Accident, contractor’s responsibility, 221, 224
  • Acetylene, explosive, 347
  • Acid precipitation. See Miles Acid Process.
    • of sludge, 503
  • Acids as disinfectants, 489, 490
  • Activated sludge. Chapter XVIII, 465–479
  • Advertisement, 214
  • Aëration, effect on oxygen dissolved, 373–375
  • Aërobes, 363
  • Aërobic decomposition, 366, 367
  • Aftergrowths, 492
  • Aggregates, specifications, 172–174
  • Air, see also ventilation, activated sludge, compressed air, etc.
    • ejectors, 150
    • lock dosing apparatus. Chap. XXI, 506–512
    • machinery for activated sludge, 473, 474
  • Algæ, 363
  • Alkalinity, 358
  • Alleys, sewers in, 80
  • Alum, 407, 408
  • Alvord tank, 427, 429
  • Ammonia, 366, 367, 374, 375, 410
    • explosives, 297
  • Analyses, bacteriological, 364
    • chemical, 354, 355
    • mechanical of sand, 182
    • physical, 352–354
    • sewage, 352–364
  • Anaërobes, 363, 365–367
  • Anaërobic, action, 410
    • bacteria, 363
    • conditions, 367
    • decomposition, 365–367
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan, Population, 14
  • Annual expense, method of financing, 157, 158
  • Ansonia air ejector, 150, 151
  • Antibiosis, definition, 363
  • Appurtenances to sewers. Chap. VI, 99–115
  • Arch, analyses, 204–208
      • elastic method, 206–208
      • vouissoir analysis, 204–206
    • brick construction, 312, 313
    • centers for brick sewers, 313
    • concrete construction, 318–321
  • Ardern and Lockett, development of activated sludge, 467, 468, 471
  • Area of cities, 31
  • Asphyxiation in sewer gas, 336
  • Assessments, special, 15, 16
  • Augers, earth, 21
  • Automatic, regulators, 117–121
    • siphons, flush-tanks, 110
      • double alternating, 507
      • multiple alternating, 508–512
      • timed, 510
      • timed and multiple alternating, 510–512
      • triple alternating, 508
  • Bacillus, definition and morphology, 362, 363
  • Backfilling, 328–331
  • Backfill, puddling, 330
  • Backwater curve, 73
  • Bacteria, definition and morphology, 362, 363
  • Bacterial analyses, results in sewage, 364
  • Baffles, scum, 404, 413, 414, 421
      • in sedimentation tanks, 404
      • in septic tanks, 413, 414
      • in Imhoff tanks, 421
  • Balls, for cleaning sewers, 338
  • Band screen, 384
  • Barring, definition, 263
  • Bars for screens, 390
  • Basins, sedimentation, baffling, 404
    • bottoms, 404
    • cleaning arrangements, 404
    • depth, 401
    • economical dimensions, 401–403
    • inlets and outlets, 404
    • scum boards, 404
    • types, 395
  • Basket handle sewer section, 67, 69
  • Bathing beaches, pollution, 381
  • Bazin’s formula, 54
  • Bearings, for centrifugal pumps, 131, 137, 138
  • Bellmouth, 121, 122
  • Bends in pipe, loss of head in, 116
  • Berlin, sewage farm, 460, 461
    • sewers, date of, 3
  • Bids, proposal, 217–219
  • Bidder’s duties, 215–217
  • Bio-chemical oxygen demand, 359–361
  • Biolysis of sewage, 366, 367
  • Black and Phelps dilution formulas, 377–379
  • Blasting and explosives, 294–304
  • Bleach, characteristics of for disinfection, 491
  • Block sewer, construction, 311–314
    • hollow tile as underdrains, 126
  • Blocks, vitrified clay, 189, 190
  • Boilers, steam, 147–150
  • Boilers, efficiencies, 149
    • horse-power, 149
  • Bond, contractor’s, 213, 214, 232
    • issues, 14
  • Bonds, definition and types, 14–16
  • Boring underground, 20
  • Bottom, activated sludge aëration tank, 472
    • Imhoff tanks, 423
    • sedimentation tanks, 404
    • trickling filter, 451, 452
  • Box sheeting, 272
  • Branch sewer, defined, 7
  • Breast boards, 288
  • Brick, arch construction, 312, 313
    • and block sewer construction, 311–315
    • invert construction, 311, 312
    • sewer construction, 311–315
      • arch centers, 313
      • invert, 311–312
      • organization, 314, 315
      • progress, 314
      • row lock bond, 312
    • specifications, 188, 189
    • sewers, life of, 351
  • Bricks for sewers, 316
  • British Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal, 4
  • Broad irrigation. See under Irrigation.
  • Bucket excavators, 246, 255, 256
  • Building material, weight of, 201
  • Burkli-Ziegler formula, 47, 425
  • Butyrine, 366
  • Cableway excavators, 246, 250–252
  • Cage screen, 384, 385
  • Caisson excavation, 285, 286
  • Calcium carbide, explosive, 347
  • Calumet pumping station, 128, 142
  • Cameron septic patent, 411
  • Capacity of sewers, diagrams, 57–60
  • Capital, private invested in sewers, 17
  • Capitalization, method of financing, 157–160
  • Caps, blasting. See blasting.
  • Carbohydrate, 366, 367
  • Carbon, analysis for, 356
  • Carson Trench machine, 250, 251
  • Cast-iron pipe, 122, 164, 190, 191
  • Castings, iron, 101, 102
  • Catch-basins, 99, 107–108, 217
  • Catenary sewer section, 69
  • Cellars, depth of, 88
  • Cellulose, 367
  • Cement. See also Concrete,
    • pipe, specifications, manufacture and sizes, 171–179
    • vs. concrete, 164
  • Centrifugal pumps. See pumps, centrifugal.
  • Centrifuge for sludge drying, 501, 502
  • Cesspool, 411, 416, 417
  • Champaign, Illinois, septic tank, 415, 416
  • Changes in plan, 222, 223
  • Channeling, definition, 263
  • Character of surface, 44
  • Chemical analyses, 354–362
  • Chemical precipitation, 371, 405–409
    • chemicals used, 405–407
    • preparation of chemicals, 407, 408
    • results, 408, 409
    • at Worcester, 408
  • Chezy formula, 52, 53
  • Chicago. See also Sanitary District of Chicago.
    • drainage canal, 374, 375
    • dilution requirement for sewage, 380
    • early sewers, 3
    • method of sewage disposal, 374
    • population and density, 29, 30
    • trench excavation in, 248
  • Chlorine. See also Disinfection.
  • Chlorine liquid, application, 491, 492
  • Cholera, transmittable disease, 364
  • Chromatin, 365
  • Chutes for concrete, 187
  • Circular sewer section, hydraulic elements, 65, 66, 69
  • City, growth of area, 31
    • growth of population, 24–28
    • legal powers, 219
  • Clay, life of pipe, 349–351
    • manufacture of pipe, 165–167
    • specifications for pipe, 168–170
    • unglazed for pipe, 165
    • vitrified blocks, 167, 189, 190
    • vitrified pipe, 165–171
  • Cleaning, grit chambers, 398, 400
    • sedimentation basins, 404
    • sewers, cost, 341
    • in N. Y. City, 332
    • methods, 337–343
    • tools, 338–340
    • up after completion of work, 228
  • Coccus, 362
  • Coefficient of uniformity of sand, 456
  • Coffin sewer regulator, 117, 118
  • Colloid, nature of, 358
    • treatment for, 358
  • Color of sewage, 352, 353
  • Combined sewer system, 78, 79
  • Commercial districts, characteristics of and sewage from, 32, 34, 35
  • Compensators for pumps, 142
  • Compressed air. See also ventilation, tunneling, drilling, etc.
    • activated sludge, 473–475
    • for drilling, 264–268
    • in tunnels, 292–294
    • transporting concrete, 320, 321
  • Concentration, time of flood flow, 41–43, 96, 97
  • Concrete, aggregates, 172–174
    • mixing and placing, 184–188
    • pipe, details, 175–179
    • pipe, steam process, 176
    • pressure against forms, 232, 323
  • Concrete, proportioning, 179–183
    • qualities, 179, 180
    • reinforcement, placing, 178, 326, 327
    • reinforcing steel, quality, 191
    • sewer construction, 314–328
      • arch, 318–321
      • form length, 319
      • labor costs, 327, 328
      • in open cut, 314–320
      • in tunnel, 320, 321
      • invert, 315–320
      • organization for, 328
      • working joints, 319
    • sewer costs, 327–329
    • strength, 181
    • waterproofing, 184
  • Conduits, special sections, 67, 70, 71
  • Connections to sewers, ordinances, 344, 345
    • record of 92, 238
  • Construction of sewers, Chap. XI, 233–331
  • Construction, elements of, 233
  • Contact bed, 432–437, 506
  • Continuous bucket excavators, 246–250
  • Contour interval on maps, 79, 80
  • Contracts, Chap. X, 211–232
  • Contractor, absence of, 222
    • bond, 232
    • claims against, 228
    • duties, 221
    • liability, 224
    • relations with other contractors, 228, 229
  • Contractor’s powder, 294
  • Control devices, automatic, for sewers, 117–121
      • for filters, 500–512
    • inspection of, 336, 337
  • Copper sulphate, disinfectant, 490
  • Copperas, precipitant, 406–408
  • Cordeau Bickford, 298, 303
  • Corrugated iron pipe, 165
  • Cost. See under item wanted.
  • Cost, annual. Method of financing, 157–160
    • capitalized. Method of financing, 157–160
    • classification of, 235–238
    • comparisons of. Methods for
    • making, 157–160
    • collection of data, 10–14, 235–238
    • estimate. Method of making, 10–14
    • overhead, 237, 238
  • Couplings, flexible for shafts, 138
  • Covers, Imhoff tanks, 424
    • septic tanks, 415
    • trickling filters, 451
  • Crops on sewage farms, 463, 464
  • Cunette, 67, 70
  • Cut, depth of excavation, 88, 92
  • Cycle, contact bed, 436
  • Cylinders, stresses in, 194, 202–204
  • Cytoplasm, 365
  • Damages, liquidated, 222
  • Darcy’s formula, 52
  • Day labor, 211
  • Decomposition of sewage, 365–367
  • Definitions. See word defined.
  • Deflagration, definition, 294
  • Delays in contract work, 228
  • Delayed action fuses, 291, 300
  • Densities. See population.
  • Depreciation, of sewers, 348–351
    • rate of, financial, 158
  • Depth of sewers, 88
  • Design conditions, 88–92
    • economical, mathematics of, 401–403
    • preparations for, 17–23
  • Detention period, grit chamber, 397
    • Imhoff tank, 419
    • plain sedimentation, 392–395, 401
    • septic tank, 415
  • Detonation, definition, 294
  • Detonator. See blasting cap.
  • Diameter of sewers, 57–60, 72, 88–92
  • Diaphragm pump, 257, 258
  • Diesel engine, 152, 154
  • Digestion chamber, Imhoff tank, 422, 423
  • Digestion of sludge in separate tank, 427–430, 497
  • Dilution, amount needed, 377–380
    • conditions for success, 372, 373
  • Dilution, definition, 372
    • formulas for quantity, 378–380
    • governmental control, 380, 381
    • preliminary studies, 381, 382
    • in salt water, 376, 377
    • in streams, 372–376
    • of sewage, 370 and Chap. XIV, 372–382
  • Diseases, water-borne, 364
  • Disinfection, 489–493
    • action of, 489–491
    • bleaching powder, 491
    • chlorine, liquid, 491
      • amount of, 492
    • disinfectants, 489, 490
    • purpose, 489
    • selective action of disinfectants, 492, 493
  • Disk screen, 384
  • Disposal of sewage, See sewage treatment.
  • Disputes, engineer to settle, 220
  • Dissolved oxygen. See Oxygen dissolved.
  • Distribution of sewage,
    • contact beds, 436
    • irrigation, 461, 462
    • nozzles, 442–449
    • sand filter, 450–458
    • traveling distributor, 442
    • trickling filters, 441–451
  • Districts, character of, 29, 30, 32–37
    • classification of, 34, 35
  • Domestic sewage, defined, 6, 7, 352
  • Dorr Thickeners, 472, 504
  • Dortmund tank, 404
  • Dosing devices, 506–512
    • alternating and timed siphons, 500–512
    • Alvord device at Lake Forest, 506
    • four or more alternating siphons, 509
    • operation of automatic siphon, 110
    • three alternating siphons, 508
    • timed siphons, 510
    • two alternating siphons, 507
  • Dosing tank design, for trickling
    • filter, 446–450
  • Doten tank, 429, 430
  • Drag line excavators, 255, 256
  • Drainage areas, 81, 84, 94
  • Drills, electric, 267
  • Drilling, methods, 20–23, 264–270
    • depth, diameter and spacing of
    • holes, 268–270
    • power for, 267, 268
    • rate of, in rock, 267
    • steam and air, 267, 268
  • Drop manhole, 100, 101
  • Drop-down curve, 73, 77
  • Drum screen, 384
  • Dry weather flow, 24, 38
  • Drying sludge. See sludge drying.
  • Dualin, 296
  • Duty of contractor. See Contractor, duties
  • Duty of engineer. See Engineer, duties.
  • Duty of inspector. See Inspector, duties.
  • Duty of a pump, defined, 135
  • Dynamite, 296–298, 300–302, 304, 305
  • Dysentery, 365
  • Earth pressures, theories, 274, 275
  • Economical dimensions, mathematics of, 401–403
  • Effective size of sand, defined, 456
  • Efficiency of a pump, defined, 135
  • Effluents, character of
  • Effluents, sedimentation tank, 401
    • septic tank, 412–414
  • Egg-shaped section, 67, 68, 70
  • Ejectors, air, 150, 151
  • Elastic arch analysis, 206–208
  • Electric motors, 150–152
  • Electrolytic treatment, 487–489
  • Elevations, method of recording, 92
  • Emergencies, duties of engineer, 235
  • Emerson pump, 261
  • Engines, internal combustion, 152–154
    • steam, types, 142–144.
  • Engineer, absence of, 221
    • defined, 220
    • disputes settled by, 220, 234
    • duties of, 9, 10, 220, 233, 234, 238
    • individuality and personality, 9, 234
    • qualifications, 9
    • sanitary, definition, 2
  • Engineering News pile formula, 125, 126
  • Entering sewers, precautions, 335, 336
  • Enzymes, 365
  • Equipment for construction, 237
  • Equivalent sections, defined, 72
    • solution of problems in, 67–72
  • Estimates, cost and work done, 10–14
    • when made, 226
    • data for, 235
  • Excavation, depth of open cut, 284
  • Excavation, hand, opening trench, 243
  • Excavating machines, bucket, 246, 255
    • cableway and trestle, 246, 250–252
    • Carson machine, 250, 251
    • continuous belt, 246
    • drag line, 255
    • Potter machine, 251
    • steam shovel, 252–254
    • tower cableway, 252
    • wheel excavators, 246–250
  • Excavation, machine, organization, 249
  • Explosions in sewers, 108, 336, 346–348
  • Explosives. See also Blasting.
  • Explosives, and blasting, 294–304
    • ammonia compounds, 297
    • blasting gelatine, 296
    • contractor’s powder, 294
    • deflagrating, 294
    • detonating, 294
    • detonators, 294, 297–300
    • “Don’ts,” 300, 301
    • dynamite, 296–298, 300–302, 304, 305
    • fuses and detonators, 297–300
    • gelatine dynamite, 296
    • gunpowder, 295
    • handling, 300–302
    • nitro-glycerine, 295
    • nitro-substitution compounds, 295
    • permissible, 297
    • quantity, 304, 305
    • requirements, 294
    • strength of, 297, 298
    • T.N.T., 295
    • types, 294–297
  • Exponential formulas for flow of water, 54, 55
  • Extra work, compensation, 227
  • Facultative bacteria, 363
  • Fanning’s run-off formula, 49
  • Farms, septic tanks for, 416, 417
  • Farming with sewage. See irrigation.
  • Fats in sewage, 357–359, 366, 367
    • from Miles acid process, 485–487
  • Feathers, for splitting rock, 264
  • Ferrous sulphate, precipitant, 406–408
  • Fertilizer from sludge, 470, 495, 497
  • Fertilizing value of, activated sludge, 470
  • Filter press for sludge, 500, 501
  • Filters. See under name of filter.
  • Filtration, of sewage, 370, 371, 431–459
  • Filtros plates, 477, 478
  • Finances, mathematics of, 157–160
  • Financing, methods of, 14–17
  • Flamant’s formula, 54, 56
  • Flies on trickling filters, 438
  • Flight sewer, 101, 102
  • Flood, crest velocities, 42, 43
    • flow computations, 94–98
      • McMath formula, 94, 96, 97
      • Rational method, 95–98
  • Flow, laws of, 52
  • Fluctuations, in rate of sewage flow, 33–38
    • in quality of sewage, 368–370
  • Flush-tanks, automatic, 109–113
  • Flushing, 109–113, 341–343
    • amount of water needed, 112
    • methods, 341–343
    • manhole, 109
    • sewer, defined, 8
  • Foaming of Imhoff tanks, 425, 426
  • Foot valves, 141
  • Force main, defined, 8
  • Forms, design of, 322, 323
  • Formulas, hydraulic, methods for solution, 55–61
    • for flow of water, 52–55
    • for rainfall. See Rainfall,
    • for run-off. See Run-off.
  • Foundations, 99, 124–126
  • Franchises for sewers, 17
  • Free ammonia, 366, 367, 374, 375, 410
  • Freezing, catch-basins, 108
  • Fresh sewage, characteristics, 352–354
  • Friction losses. See Head losses.
    • flow in pipe, 51, 52
  • Fuel, consumption by prime movers, 153
  • Fungus growth in sewers, 333
  • Fuses. See blasting fuses.
  • Ganguillet and Kutter’s formula, 52–65
  • Gas, chamber in Imhoff tank. See Scum chamber.
    • engines, 152–154
    • illuminating, explosive, 347
    • sewer, 335, 336
  • Gasoline, explosive, 108, 109, 335, 346, 347
    • engines, 152–154
    • and oil separator, 109
    • odors, significance, 335, 353
  • Gearing, reduction for turbines, 140, 146
  • Gelatine dynamite, 296
  • Glycerol, 366
  • Gothic section, 67
  • Governmental control, stream pollution, 380, 381
  • Grade, of sewers. See also Slope.
    • how given, 281–284
    • selection of, 90
    • stakes, 221, 281–283
  • Gravel, specifications, 172
  • Grease, in sewers, 99, 108, 333, 345
  • Gregory’s imperviousness formulas, 44, 46
  • Grit, clogs sewers, 333
    • chambers, 127, 397–401
      • description, 395, 398
      • design, 397, 398
      • dimensions, 397, 398
      • existing, 398–400
      • outlet arrangements, 400
      • results, 397
      • retention period, 397
      • sludge analyses, 397
      • units, number of, 400, 401
      • velocity of flow in, 396–398
    • quantity and character of, 397
  • Grooves in concrete, working joints, 319
  • Ground water in sewers, 38, 39, 85, 87, 256, 352
  • Gun cotton, 296
  • Gunpowder, 295
  • Hazen, theory of sedimentation, 392–395
    • dilution formula, 380
  • Hazen and William’s formula, 55, 57
  • Head loss, in bends, 116
    • entrance, 115
    • friction in straight pipe, 51, 52, 115
  • Hercules powder, 296
  • Hering, Rudolph, dilution recommendations, 380
  • Hering, Rudolph, introduction of Imhoff tank and hydraulic formulas, 425
  • Historical résumé of sewerage and sewage treatment, 2–5
  • Hitch, tunnel frame, 286, 287
  • Holes, drill. See Drill holes.
  • Holidays, work on, 221
  • Hook for lifting pipe, 304, 306
  • Horse-power, boiler, 149, 150
    • of pumps, 144–146
  • Horseshoe sewer section, 71
  • House, connections, record of, 92, 234
    • drains, 7, 88, 90
    • sewer, defined, 7
  • Hydraulic, elements, 65, 69
    • formulas, 52–55
    • jump, 73–74
    • principles, 51, 52, 72, 73
    • value of settling particles, 393
  • Hydraulics of, sewers, Chap. IV, 51–77
    • circular pipes partly full, 65, 66
    • equivalent sections, 72
    • non-uniform flow, 72–77
    • sections other than circular, 67–72
    • use of diagrams, 61–65
  • Hydrocarbon, 367
  • Hydrogen sulphide, 353, 366, 410
  • Hydrolytic tank, 427, 428
  • “Hypo” as a disinfectant, 491
  • Hytor Turbo blower, 473, 474
  • Illinois River, self-purification, 374–376
  • Imhoff tank, and chlorination, costs, 487
  • Impeller, for centrifugal pump, 131, 136
  • Imperviousness, relative, 40, 42, 44–46, 95–97
  • Industrial, districts, 32–37
    • wastes, defined, 7, 352
    • tannery, 491
  • Information and instructions for bidders, 213, 215–217
  • Inlets, street, 93, 94, 99, 104–107
  • Inspection, contract stipulations, 221–224
  • Inspector, absence of, 221, 222
    • duties, 233–234
    • qualifications, 234
  • Institutional sewage treatment plants, 416, 417
  • Intercepting sewer, defined, 7
  • Intermittentsand filter. See Sand filter.
  • Internal combustion engines, 152–154
  • Inverted siphon, 113–116
  • Iron, ferrous sulphate, precipitant, 406–408
    • cast. See cast iron.
  • Irrigation. See also Farming and Sewage farming.
    • area required, 463
    • Berlin sewage farm, 460, 461
    • crops, 463, 464
    • description, 459
    • fertilizing value of sewage, 460, 470, 495, 498
    • vs. farming, 459
    • operation, 461–463
    • preliminary treatment, 462, 463
    • preparation for, 461–463
    • process, 459, 460
    • sanitary aspects 463
    • status, 460, 461
    • theory, 432
    • in the United States, 461
  • Jack hammer drill, 264, 265
  • Jetting method, 21–23
  • Jet pump, 259, 341, 343
  • Joints, bituminous, 309–311
  • Junctions, 99
  • Kuichling, run-off rules, 46, 47, 49
    • storm intensity formulas, 50
  • Kutter’s formula, 52–65
  • Labor, day vs. contract, 211
    • costs on concrete sewer, 328, 329
  • Labyrinth packing rings, 136, 137
  • Lagging, tunnel frames, 287
    • for forms, 322
  • Lagooning sludge, 495–497
  • Laitance, 186, 188
  • Lakes, self-purification of, 376
  • Lampé’s formula, 54
  • Lampholes, 99, 104
  • Lateral sewer, defined, 7
  • Lawrence Experiment Station, 4
  • Leaping weir, 118–121, 337
  • Legal requirements, construction, 224
  • Liernur system, 5
  • Life, organic in sewage, 363, 364
    • of sewers, 348–351
  • Lime as a precipitant, 405–408
  • Line and grade, 281–284
    • how given, 281–283
  • Liquefaction of sludge, 411–413, 496, 497
  • Liquid chlorine. See also Chlorine, 491
  • Liquidated damages, 222
  • Loads on, pipe, 198–202
    • Marston’s method, 198–202
    • trench, 199–202
  • Lock bar pipe, 197
  • Lock-joint pipe, 177
  • Long loads, 201
  • Machine excavation. See Excavation.
  • Macroscopic organisms, 363, 368
  • Main sewer, defined, 7
  • Maintenance of sewers, Chap. XII, 332–351
    • catch-basin cleaning, 343, 344
    • cleaning sewers, 337–343
    • complaints, 333
    • cost, 341
    • entering sewers, 335, 336
    • flushing, 109–113, 341–343
    • hand cleaning, 341
    • inspection, 333–337
    • organization, 332
    • protection of sewers, 344, 345
    • repairs, 337
    • tools, 338–341
    • troubles, 333
    • work involved, 332
  • Man, shoveling ability, 243
  • Manholes, 81, 99–104
  • Manning’s formula, 55
  • Map, preliminary, 17, 79, 80, 82, 83
  • Marsh gas, 347, 366, 367, 410, 415
  • Marston’s methods for external loads on buried pipe, 198–202
  • Materials, for sewers, Chap. VIII, 164–193
  • McMath’s formula, 47, 48, 94, 95
  • Meem’s theory of earth pressure, 274, 275
  • Mercaptan, 367
  • Metabolism, 365
  • Methane, 347, 366, 367, 410, 415
  • Methylene blue, 360
  • Microscopic organisms, 363, 364, 368
  • Miles acid process, costs, 487
    • amount of acid, 483
    • analyses of sludge, 485
    • description, 482
    • results, 483–487
    • sludge, 485
  • Mineral matter in sewage, 357
  • Mirror, inspecting device, 334
  • Money retained by city, 227
  • Mosquitoes in catch-basins, 108
  • Motors, electric, 150–152
  • Municipal, bond, 14, 15
    • corporations, 15
  • n, value of in Kutter’s formula, 53
  • New York City, density of population, 29, 31
    • siphons under subway, 114
    • grease and gasoline trap, 108, 109
    • aëration of sewage, 377, 470
    • cleaning sewers, 332
    • depreciation of sewers, 348–351
  • Needle beam, 286, 287
  • Night, soil, 5
  • Nitrates, 355, 356
  • Nitrites, 355, 356
  • Nitrifying organisms, 431, 432
  • Nitrobacter, 431, 432
  • Nitro explosives, 295, 296
  • Nitrogen, cycle, 367, 368
  • organic, 355, 356
  • Nitro-glycerine, 295
  • Nitrosomonas, 431, 432
  • Nomograph, 55, 56
  • Non-uniform flow, 72–77
  • Nozzles. See also Trickling filters.
    • coefficients of discharge, 446
    • types, 445
  • Numbering, drainage areas, 81, 94
    • manholes, 81
  • Nye steam pump, 260, 263
  • Obstructions to construction, 235
  • Odor of sewage, 353
  • Oil in sewage, 108, 344–348
  • Oiling forms, 174, 186, 322
  • Olein, 366
  • Ordinances, for protection of sewers, 344, 345
  • Organisms in sewage, 363, 364, 368
  • Organic matter, composition, 366
  • Organizations for construction, 315, 317, 328
  • Orders, to whom given, 222
  • Outfall sewer, defined, 8
  • Outlets, 99, 122–124, 373
  • Overflow weir, 118–121
    • inspection of, 337
  • Overhead, costs, division of, 10, 237, 238
  • Oxidation in streams, 373–376
  • Oxygen, absorption of, 374–377
    • consumed, 355, 356
    • demand, 359–361
    • computation of, 360
    • bio-chemical, 359–361
  • Oxygen dissolved
    • exhaustion of, 366
    • in dilution, 381
    • solubility, 362
    • supersaturation, 361
    • concentration for successful dilution, 377–380
    • formulas for concentration, 378–380
    • significance of in sewage, 359–362
  • Oysters, contamination of, 372, 489
  • Packing rings, labyrinth type, 136, 137
  • Palmatin, 366
  • Parasites, 365
  • Paris sewage farm, 460
  • Patents. Protection of City by contractor, 224, 225
  • Pathogenic bacteria, 364
  • Pavement, replacing, 329
  • Payment, final on contract, 228
  • Payments, methods of making, 217, 218
  • Periscope inspecting device, 334, 335
  • Permissible explosives, 297
  • Phenolphthalein indicator, 408
  • Photographic records, 238
  • Piles for foundations, 123–126
  • Pills for cleaning sewers, 338
  • Pipe, bedding, 230, 304, 328
    • cast-iron. See under cast-iron pipe.
    • design of ring, Chap. IX, 194–210
    • external loads on, 198–202
    • joints. See Joints.
    • sewer construction, 304–311
    • laying, line and grade, 282–284
    • organization, 311
    • method of laying, 304, 306, 307
    • steel, design, 195–197
    • stresses in, external forces, 194, 202–204
    • stresses due to internal pressure, 194
    • stresses in buried pipe, 198–204
    • stresses in circular ring, 202–204
    • wood design, 197, 198
  • Plankton, defined, 363
    • in sewage, 368
  • Plans, changes in contract, 222, 223
  • Plug and feathers for splitting rock, 264
  • Pneumatic, collection system, 5
  • Poling boards, in open cut, 271, 272
    • in tunnel, 287
  • Pollution, legal features, 380, 381
  • Population, density, 28–31
    • predictions, 24–27
    • served by sewers in the U. S., 3
    • sources of information, 27, 28
    • and quantity of sewage, 31, 32
  • Potter trench machine, 251
  • Powder. See Blasting.
  • Power pump, 132, 133
  • Precautions in entering sewers, 335, 336
  • Precipitants, chemical, 405–407
  • Preliminary, map, 17, 79, 80, 82, 83
    • work, 9, 17–23
  • Present worth, 158, 160
  • Pressing sludge, 500, 501
  • Priming explosives, 302–304
  • Private, capital, 17
    • sewers, 17
  • Privy, 5
  • Profile, for brick sewers, 312
    • sewer, 92
    • surface, 88
  • Progress, rate of, 222
  • Promotion (inception of sewers), 9
  • Proportioning concrete. See Concrete proportioning.
  • Proposal (contract), 213, 217–219
  • Protection of sewers (ordinances), 344, 345
  • Protein, 366
  • Puddling, backfill, 330
  • Pulsometer pump, 260, 261
  • Pumping, in excavations, 256–263
    • selection of machinery, 154–156
    • equipment, cost comparison, 162
    • station, 128, 142
  • Pumps, air ejector, 150, 151
    • capacity, 129, 160–163
    • capacity of units, 160–163
    • centrifugal, details, 130, 131, 136–138
      • automatic control, 141, 142
      • characteristics, 138–140
      • efficiency, 140
      • for excavation, 262
      • motors for driving, 150–152
      • performance, 138–140
      • protection of, by screens, 386
      • selection of, 154–156
      • setting, 140–142
      • turbine, 130–132, 154
      • types, 130, 131
  • Pumps, centrifugal, volute, 130–132, 154
  • Putrescibility, 359, 360
  • Quantity, of sewage, 24–50, 84–87
    • variations, 33–38
    • storm water, 40–50, 94–98
  • Quicksand, definition, 256
    • excavation in, 256
    • safeguards, 235
  • Quiescent water, self-purification, 374
  • Racks. See Screens.
  • Rainfall, 17, 40, 41, 50, 96, 97
  • Rangers, 270–274, 276–279
  • Rankine’s theory of earth pressure, 275
  • Rapid sand filtration of sewage, 458
  • Rational method of run-off determination, 40, 95–98
  • Reaëration tank in activated sludge, 473
  • Receiving well, capacity, 129, 130
  • Reciprocating pumps. See Pumps, reciprocating.
  • Records, character of, on construction, 238–240
  • Rectangular sewer section, 67–69
  • Regulators, 99, 117–121, 337
    • inspection of, 337
  • Reinforced concrete sewer design, 209, 210
  • Reinforcing steel, specifications, 191
  • Reinsch Wurl screen, 384
  • Relative stability numbers, 359
  • Relief sewer, defined, 7
  • Repairs to sewers, 337
  • Report, engineer’s preliminary, 10
  • Reservoir, collecting capacity, 129, 130
  • Residences, septic tanks for, 416, 417
  • Residential districts, characteristics, 32–37
  • Residue on evaporation, 356, 357
  • Rideal’s dilution formula, 379
  • Ring, design. Chap. IX, 194–210
    • stresses in circular, 202–204
  • River pollution, legal features, 380, 381
  • Rivers, self-purification of, 373–376
  • Riveted joints, properties, 196
  • Rock, blasting, 268, 290, 291
    • definition, 263
    • drill, data on, 266, 267
    • drilling. See also Drilling.
      • by hand, 264
      • by power, 264–268
      • rates, 267
    • excavation. See also Excavation.
      • payment for, 230
    • measurement of, in place, 235
    • tunnels, 290, 291
  • Rods, sewer, 338
  • Roman ordinance relative to sewers, 2
  • Roofs. See Covers.
  • Root cutters, 340
  • Roots, 333, 340
  • Row lock bond for bricks, 312
  • Running water, self-purification, 373–376
  • Run-off, computations, 17, 40, 46–50, 94–98
  • Safeguards during construction, 221, 241
  • Salt water, dilution in, 376, 377
  • Sand, effective size, 456
    • uniformity coefficient, 456
    • filters, 452–459
  • Sanitary District of Chicago,
    • dilution factor, 380
    • specifications, for manhole covers, 101, 102
    • tunnel cover, 284
    • tunnel ventilation, 291
  • Sanitary engineering, 1, 2
  • Sanitary sewage, defined, 7, 352
  • Saph and Schoder’s formula, 54
  • Saprophytes, 365
  • Screed, 316
  • Screens, 383–391
  • Screening, vs. sedimentation, 383
    • purpose, object, 383
  • Screenings, character of, 386–389
  • Scum, boards for, septic tanks, 413, 414
      • Imhoff tanks, 421
    • chamber in an Imhoff tank, 424
    • definition, 495
  • Sediment, velocity of transportation, 396, 397
  • Sedimentation, 383–405
    • definition, 383
    • Hazen’s analysis, 392–395
    • hydraulic values, 393
    • a method of treatment, 370
    • object, 383
    • Peoria Lakes, 376
    • protection of siphons, 113, 114
    • results from plain sedimentation, 401
    • theory of, 391–395
    • transportation of debris, 396
    • velocity of, 392, 393
    • vs. screening, 383
    • velocities, limiting, 396, 397
  • Sedimentation, basins, arrangement, 394
    • baffling, 404
    • cleaning, 404
    • dimensions, 401–403
    • inlet and outlet, 404
    • operation, 411
    • types, 395
    • chamber, Imhoff tank, 419–422
  • Self-purification of lakes, 376
  • Self-purification of streams, 373–376
  • Separate sewer systems, 78–80
  • Septic action, 353, 365–368, 371, 410, 411, 496, 497
  • Septic tank, 411
  • Septic sludge analysis, 414
  • Septicization. Chap. XVI, 410–430
  • Settling solids, 357
  • Sewage and water supply, 32
    • aëration, 371, 376, 465–479
    • alkalinity of, 358
    • analyses, chemical, 355, 369, 467
      • interpretation of, 356–362
      • physical, 352–354
    • average, 352–355
    • bacteria, 362–365
    • biolysis of, 366, 367
    • changes in, rate of discharge of, 33–38
      • characteristics, 368–370
    • characteristics of, 352–354
    • chemical constituents, 354–356
    • classification of, 6, 7, 352
    • collection, 5
    • color, 352, 353
    • components and properties, 352–356
    • decomposition of, 365–367
    • definition, 6, 7, 352
    • disposal. See also Sewage treatment.
    • methods, 6, 370, 371
    • domestic, 7, 352
    • farming. See Irrigation.
    • fertilizing value, 459, 460
    • flow fluctuations, 33–38
      • ratio of maximum to average, 36, 37, 85
    • fresh, 352–354
    • gas, 335, 336, 353
    • industrial, defined, 7, 352
    • life in, 363–365, 368
    • odor, 353
    • physical, analyses, 352–354
      • characteristics, 352–354
    • quality variations, 368–370
    • quantity. Chap. III, 24–50, and 84, 87
      • and population, 31, 32
      • of sanitary, 24–40
      • variations, 33–38
    • sanitary, defined, 7, 352
    • septic, 353, 365–368, 371, 410, 411, 496, 497
    • stability, 359, 360
    • stale, 353
    • storm, defined, 7, 352
    • strong, 355
    • temperature, 353
    • turbidity, 353
    • treatment processes, 370, 371
      • A. B. C., 4
      • activated sludge, Chap. XVIII, 465–479
      • biological, 371
      • chemical, 371
      • contact bed, 432–437, 506
      • costs, 459
      • dilution. Chap. XIV, 372–382
      • disinfection, 489–493
      • electrolytic, 487–489
      • filtration, 431–459
      • increase of, 3
      • irrigation, 431, 459–464
      • mechanical, 471
      • Miles acid process, 482–487
      • purpose of, 6, 370
      • résumé, 6, 370, 371
      • sand filter, 452–458
      • screening, 383–391
      • sedimentation, 391–409, 411
      • septicization. Chap. XVI, 410–430
      • trickling filters, 437–452
    • weak, 355
    • and water supplies, 31, 32
  • Sewerage, definition, 7
    • demand for, 2
    • design, 78–98
    • growth of, 2–4
    • historical, 2–4
  • Sewers, ancient, 2, 3
    • capacity, diagrams, 56–60
    • cost, 10–14
    • definitions of various types, 7, 8
    • depth of, 88
    • diameter, 58–60, 88–92
    • flat grades, 73, 109
    • flight, 101, 102
    • inspection of, 333–337
    • life of, 348–351
    • location of, 80, 81, 94
    • materials. Chap. VIII, 164–193
    • medieval, 3
    • pipe, properties of concrete, 175
      • design. Chap. IX, 194–210
      • vitrified clay, properties, 169–171
    • profile, 89, 92
    • section of different types, 67–72
    • separate system, 78, 79, 82, 86, 87
    • slope, 88–92
    • storm-water system, 78, 79, 83, 93, 94
    • stresses in, 194, 198–204
  • Shafts, for tunnels, 284–287
  • Sheeting, 270–280
  • Shellfish contamination, 372, 489
  • Shields, tunnel, 288–290
  • Short loads on trenches, 202
  • Shovels, for hand excavation, 242
    • steam. See Steam shovels.
  • Shovel vane screen, 384
  • Shoveling by hand, height raised, 244
    • performance by one man, 243
  • Symbiosis, definition, 363
  • Sinking fund, 158
  • Siphons, automatic. Chap. XXI, 506–512. See also under Dosing devices.
    • in flush-tanks, 109–110
    • inspection, 337
    • operation, 109–110, 506–512
    • for trickling filter, 448–451
    • true and inverted, 113–117
  • Skeleton sheeting, 270, 271
  • Slope, of sewers, 88–92
    • of tank bottoms, Imhoff, 419, 423
      • sedimentation tank, 404
  • Skewback, 204
  • Sludge. Chap. XX, 495–505
  • Sludge, filters, 498–500
  • Soaps, 357
  • Soil, bearing value, 125
    • stack, definition, 7
  • Solids in sewage, 356–368
  • Special assessment, 15, 16
  • Specifications. Chap. X, 211–232
  • Spiling. See Piles.
  • Spirillum, 362
  • Spores, 363
  • Springing line, 204
  • Sprinkling filter. See Trickling filter
  • Square sewer section, 68, 69
  • Stability, relative, 359–361
  • Stagnant water, 374
  • Stakes, contractor to provide, 221
  • Stationing, 92
  • Stay bracing, 270
  • Steam boilers, 147–150
  • Steam, consumption by, pumps, 144, 145
  • Stearin, 366
  • Steel, forms. See Forms, steel.
  • Stench, historic in London, 4
  • Sterilization. See Disinfection.
  • Storm, sewage, definition, 7, 352
  • Storm, sewer system design, 93–98
    • water, quantity, 40–50
  • Storms, extent and intensity, 50
  • Stream pollution, regulation, 380, 381
  • Streams, self-purification, 373–376
  • Street, inlet. See Inlets.
    • wash, definition, 352
  • Stresses, in buried pipe, 198–204
    • in circular ring, 194, 202–204
  • Sub-main, defined, 7
  • Subsurface surveys, 18–20
  • Suction for centrifugal pump, 141
  • Sulphur and sand joint compound, 309
  • Sunday work, 221
  • Surface, elevation, 92
    • of ground, character, 44–46
    • profile, 88
    • water, 7, 352
  • Surveys, underground, 18–20
  • Suspended matter, 357
  • Talbot’s run-off formula, 49
  • Tamping, backfilling, 328–331
  • Tannery wastes, disinfection, 491
  • Taxation, general, 16, 17
  • Taylor nozzles, 444, 445
  • Temperature of sewage, 353
  • Templates, brick sewers, 312
  • Thawing dynamite, 301, 302
  • Tide gate, 122
  • Timbering tunnels, 286–288
  • Timber, strength of, 277
  • Time of concentration, 41–43, 95–97
  • Tools, for cleaning sewers, 337–341
  • Tower cableways, 252
  • Trade wastes. See Industrial wastes.
  • Traps, in catch-basins, 107
    • grease, gasoline, and oil, 108, 109
    • in street inlets, 104, 105
  • Travis tank, 427, 428
  • Tree roots, 333, 340
  • Tremie, 187, 188
  • Trench, backfilling, 328–331
  • Trestle excavators, 250, 251
  • Trickling filter, 437–452
  • Tripod drill, 265
  • Triton, 295
  • Troubles with sewers, causes, 333
  • Trumpet arch, 121
  • Trunk sewer, defined, 7
  • Tunnels, 283–294
    • backfilling, 331
    • breast boards, 288
    • brick invert, 313
    • compressed air in, 292–294
    • concrete construction, 320, 321
    • depth of cover, 284
    • line and grade in, 283
    • machines, 290
    • rock, 290–292
    • shafts, 284–286
    • shield, 288–290
    • timbering, 284–288
    • ventilation, 291, 292
  • Turbidity of sewage, 353
  • Turbine, for cleaning sewers, 340
  • Typhoid fever, 364
  • U-shaped sewer section, 67, 69, 71
  • Underdrains for, sewers, 126
  • Underground surveys, 18–20
  • Unexpected situations, 235
  • Uniformity coefficient of sand, 456
  • Unloading of filters, 431, 437
  • Urea, 367
  • Valuation of sewers, 332, 348–351
  • Velocities, depositing, 395–397
    • distribution of, 51
    • flow in sewers, 90
    • over surface of ground, 42
    • limiting for sedimentation, 396, 397
    • limiting in sewers, 396, 397
    • principles of flow in sewers, 51
    • transporting, 396
  • Ventilation, air pressures, 291
    • compressed air, 292–294
    • pipes, 291
  • Ventilation, of sewers, 102, 103, 335
  • Vertical sheeting, 270–274
  • Vitrified clay. See Clay vitrified.
  • Volatile matter in sewage, 357
  • Volute pumps, 130, 132, 154
  • Vouissoir arch analysis, 204
  • Wakefield piling, 273
  • Wales, 288
  • Waste pipe, defined, 7
  • Wastes. See Industrial wastes.
  • Water consumption, 31–33
    • flow of, 51–77
    • rate of steam engines, 144, 145
    • supply and sewage flow, 31–33
  • Watershed. See Drainage area.
  • Weight, of backfill, 199
    • of building material, 201
    • of moving loads, 200, 202
  • Well, hole, 101
  • Wheel excavator, 246–250
  • Wing screen, 384
  • Wood, forms. See Forms.
  • Work, extra, 227
    • preliminary to design, 9
    • Sunday, night, and holiday, 221
  • Workmen, competent, 227