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als. The two chief principles upon which dependsthe sucessful operation of a house sewage dis-posal plant are: (1) The clarification of the sewage bv caus-ing the solid matter to settle to the bottom ofa tank and there become partially liquefied,and by causing the grease and light suspendedmatter… … Fig. 2—Sectional Plan Showing Settling or Septic Tank and Dosing Chamber. When the sewage is thus diluted, there aretwo \»ays of disposing of it, one is by meansof cesspools and the other by means of scien-tifically designed sewage purification plants.Of course, there is some similarity between…
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