Taschenbuch Der Stadtentwässerung. (Handbook of Municipal Drainage) by Karl ImhoffReview by: R. E. FuhrmanSewage and Industrial Wastes, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Mar., 1956), p. 344Published by: Water Environment FederationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25033034 .

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Book Reviews

Taschenbuch Der Stadtentw?sserung (Handbook of Municipal Drainage)

By Karl Imhoff. 16th Edition. R,

Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich, Germany,

338 pp. (1956). This German book was originally pub

lished 50 years ago primarily as a guide for the younger engineers of the Emscher

genossenschaft. Its purpose was to give

these engineers the fundamentals of the

subject in a concise form and in the sim

plest language possible. This 16th Edition has retained these

basic principles by avoiding difficult formulas and calculations. Instead, practi cal experiences have been cited to indicate current usage. There are numerous illus

trations and references to the technical

literature of Germany, Britain and the United States.

Principal changes in this edition from the Fifteenth Edition (1954) include data on increased treatment rates of sewage

treatment processes, additional examples, detailed information on process efficiencies,

costs of construction and operation, and

improvements of sewage treatment proc

esses, individually and collectively.

It is fitting to observe that this book has contributed notably to the knowledge in the waste treatment field for 50 years. In 1929 the Taschenbuch was translated into English under the title "The Arith

metic of Sewage Treatment Works" by Dr. Gordon M. Fair. In 1933 it was

translated into Polish, in 1934 Italian, in 1935 French and Spanish, and in 1950

Yugoslavian. In 1940 the book was pub lished in the United States under the title

"Sewage Treatment" by Imhoff and Fair. While the volume is a valuable technical

reference, it will provide many non-Ger

man users an opportunity to maintain and

advance their German language knowledge. R. E. Fuhrman

Principles of Sewage Treatment. By Willem Rudolfs. Fourth Edition. National Lime Assn., Washington, D. C. 130 pp. Price, $1.37 Postpaid (1955). This completely revised edition of a

popular elementary reference manual re

flects the advances made in the sewage treatment field since publication of the first edition in 1941. The manual, now available in cloth binding, has long been a favorite introductory work for sewage treatment personnel and as a supple

mentary text in sanitary engineering courses.

The new edition contains a number of

revisions in the text, including new illus trations of sewage treatment equipment.

No attempt has been made to cover in de

tail all of the various modifications of standard treatment processes. Written in

simple, straightforward manner, the text

covers the basic principles of sewage treat

ment. Chapter coverage includes sources

and composition of sewage, stabilization, treatment methods, sludge processing and

ehlorination. The section on sewage treat

ment plant operation includes common op

erating problems. A chapter on methods

of sewage analysis and the microbiology of

sewage treatment will introduce the reader

to subjects worthy of additional study. D. P. Schiesswohl

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