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Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health
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George E. Waring, Jr. (July 4, 1833[1] – October 29, 1898) was an American sanitary engineer and civic reformer. He was an early American designer and advocate of sewer systems that keep domestic sewage separate from storm runoff. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Table of contents
- Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health
- Illustrations
- CHAPTER I. - LAND TO BE DRAINED AND THE REASONS WHY.
- CHAPTER II. - HOW DRAINS ACT, AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE SOIL
- CHAPTER III. - HOW TO GO TO WORK TO LAY OUT A SYSTEM OF DRAINS.
- CHAPTER IV. - HOW TO MAKE THE DRAINS.
- CHAPTER V. - HOW TO TAKE CARE OF DRAINS AND DRAINED LAND.
- CHAPTER VI. - WHAT DRAINING COSTS.
- CHAPTER VII. - "WILL IT PAY?"
- CHAPTER VIII. - HOW TO MAKE DRAINING TILES.
- CHAPTER IX. - THE RECLAIMING OF SALT MARSHES.
- CHAPTER X. - MALARIAL DISEASES.
- CHAPTER XI. - HOUSE DRAINAGE AND TOWN SEWERAGE IN THEIR RELATIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
- INDEX
- Footnotes