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Sewer Systems

Sewer Systems. Kyle Schow. Ancient sewer systems. There has been evidence of sewer lines dating back to 8000 B.C although the pipes usually lead to a creek . First flush operated toilets used in 3000 B.C This system had fallen into despair sometime in the middle ages.

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Sewer Systems

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  1. Sewer Systems Kyle Schow

  2. Ancient sewer systems • There has been evidence of sewer lines dating back to 8000 B.C although the pipes usually lead to a creek. • First flush operated toilets used in 3000 B.C • This system had fallen into despair sometime in the middle ages. • In the 19th century people started to dump their waste out into the street. This caused many diseases to outbreak all over the world.

  3. Ancient sewer system Cont. • This caused people to set standards on how they handle sewage. • Our modern sewer system started to adapt to what it is now during the 20th century

  4. Modern Sewer systems • In Boston during the 1700’s people would dig up a hole where they would dump their waste. When the hole was filled people would hire a special team to empty it or to dig a new hole. • After the Civil War, it was proven that contaminated water supply and unsanitary waste disposal caused contagious diseases. • The English Public Health Code of 1848 made a modern code for plumbing that the world could follow.

  5. Modern Sewer systems cont. • The Metropolitan Health Law considered most complete in the world. • Twenty years later the New York Metropolitan Board of Health, the first health board in the U.S, was made. • In 1876 Boston made their first sewer system

  6. References • http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/dept/pubworks/utilitie/wastewtr/wstwtr_hist.htm • http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/03sewer/html/sewhist.htm • http://blogs.umb.edu/pumpingstation/2013/03/19/a-history-of-sewers-in-boston/

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