Handbook of Municipal Drainage (Taschenbuch der Stadtentwässerung) by Karl ImhoffReview by: W. H. WiselySewage and Industrial Wastes, Vol. 26, No. 5 (May, 1954), p. 694Published by: Water Environment FederationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25032489 .

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Book Reviews

Design and Operation of Septic Tanks. World Health Org. Monograph Series No. 18, Columbia Press, New York, N. Y. 122 pp. Price, $1.50 (1953).

This is a collection of some of the papers presented at the Third European Seminar for Sanitary Engineers, held in London

October 27-November 1, 1952. The ma terial is presented as a guide to local health

departments, sanitary engineers, and

others actively engaged in rural and urban sanitation in designing treatment and

disposal of domestic sewage from small

groups of houses and isolated dwellings. The basic data and principles given for

the design and operation of this type of

sewage installation, and especially the observations on maintenance, could serve

as a useful guide to designers, operators, and regulatory bodies concerned with this

type of unit.

Papers included in the book are as follows :

"Health Considerations Involved in the Treatment and Disposal of Sewage from Isolated Dwellings," by J. A. Scott,

Medical Officer of Health, London, England.

"Factors Governing Sewage Treatment

in Small Sewage Plants," by F. Meinck, Director, Institute of Water, Soil, and

Air Hygiene, Berlin, Germany.

"Principles of Design for Small Domestic

Sewage Treatment Works," by F. G. Hill, Adviser on Sewerage and Sewage Disposal,

Ministry of Housing and Local Govern

ment, and G. L. Ackers, Chief Sanitary Engineer, Ministry of Works, London, England.

"Treatment of Domestic Sewage in Plants Serving Small Groups of Houses," by A. E. J. Pettet and E. E. Jones, Assistant Director and Senior Experi mental Officer, respectively, Water Pollu tion Research Laboratory, Dept. of

Scientific and Industrial Research, Great Britain.

"Effect of Treatment of Domestic

Sewage in Small Plants on the Counts of Faecal Bacteria : Comparison with the Results of Treatment in Large-Scale Sewage Works," by L. A. Allen and H. M.

Smith, Water Pollution Research Labora

tory, Dept. of Scientific and Industrial

Research, Great Britain.

"Septic Tanks and Other Small Sewage Treatment Works in Switzerland," by

Walter Dardel, Consulting Engineer. Aarberg, Berne, Switzerland.

"A Comparative Study of Septic Tanks," by E. LeClerc, I. Beeckmans de

West-Meerbeeck, and L. P. Philips, Centre

Belge d'Etude et de Documentation des

Eaux, Li?ge, Belgium. Following a summary of the discussions

of the several papers, an appendix presents a detailed description of a sand filter for use in a single structure with a septic tank. A selected bibliography on septic tanks and similar small sewage treatment units contains 170 entries.

H. P. Orland

Handbook of Municipal Drainage (Ta schenbuch der Stadtentw?sserung). By

Karl Imhoff. 15th Edition. 335 pages, 88 illus. R. Oldenbourg, Munich, Ger

many (1954). The 15th Edition of Dr. Imhoff's well

known pocket-size handbook brings its

coverage up-to-date in all chapters. New

features are the design computations for storm-water storage tanks according to

M?ller-Neuhaus and a design chart for air

piping after Lemke and Merkel. The new edition is available in an attractive and serviceable leather cover.

A more complete review of the preceding edition will be found on page 540 of the

April 1952 issue of This Journal. W. H. Wisely

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