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State Of The Art Of Technology For Rural Water System Development, R. T. Alguire, Joe F. Nix, H. C. Macdonald, Robert E. Babcock
State Of The Art Of Technology For Rural Water System Development, R. T. Alguire, Joe F. Nix, H. C. Macdonald, Robert E. Babcock
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The objective of this study was to review the current state of the art in rural water system technology. This was to be accomplished by a literature review of the Water Resources Scientific Information Center (WRSIC), National Technical Information Service (NTIS), and Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE). This literature search was to be augmented by interviews with consulting engineers, operating system managers and industrial literature. Both groundwater and surface water technology was to be reviewed. The technology was then to be grouped into four classes: (1) current technology, (2) technology which has been developed, but not currently being used, (3) …
Improving Design Criteria For Septic Tank Systems, Dee Mitchell
Improving Design Criteria For Septic Tank Systems, Dee Mitchell
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The failure of septic tanks in treatment of wastewater has been responsible for causing health hazards due to contamination and pollution of groundwater and surface waters used for drinking water supplies. Most of these failures have been in the absorption field. Little or no actual research has been performed to establish design criteria for septic tank absorption fields to be used by local, state or federal Health Agencies or Pollution Control Agencies. Historically, almost all design criteria has beed based on a percolation test and the number of bedrooms to be served. Both of these methods have repeatedly been shown …