. Engineering and Contracting . wonderwhy somclody dont try that army health stuff on a civilian pop-ulation? They had no flies in the army ramps. I wish somebodywould make Omaha flylcss this summer, said the fat man. Theytill me there are no flies in Maybe there are none inthat country. Pont you think it, .said the man vrlth into any little place 40 miles from Havana where nothing toprevent flies is done and more flies will light on your bald headthan you will find on a dead horse in South Omaha. Engineenng and Contracting for May 1:2, 1920. 543 Reconstructed Septic Tanks Se
. Engineering and Contracting . wonderwhy somclody dont try that army health stuff on a civilian pop-ulation? They had no flies in the army ramps. I wish somebodywould make Omaha flylcss this summer, said the fat man. Theytill me there are no flies in Maybe there are none inthat country. Pont you think it, .said the man vrlth into any little place 40 miles from Havana where nothing toprevent flies is done and more flies will light on your bald headthan you will find on a dead horse in South Omaha. Engineenng and Contracting for May 1:2, 1920. 543 Reconstructed Septic Tanks ServeAs Activated Sludge Plant Since June, 1919, the town of Brampton, Ont., has success-lully treated its sewage by the activated sludge process inremodeled septic tanks. The operation of the two originalseptic tanks created such a nuisance that lawsuits followedand eventually resulted in reconstruction of the tanks toserve as an activated sludge plant. A description of theremodeled tanks and the construction work appeared in an. Section of Settling Tank and Compressor House. article by G. Graham, Contracting Engineer, Toronto, in arecent issue of The Contract Record, from which the follow-ing is abstracted. The original tanks were 100 ft. long with concrete archedair-tight roofs and practically flat floors. The remodelingconsisted in deepening one of the old tanks to serve as anaeration chamber, and the addition of a compressor houseover a settling tank at the outlet end.
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