The Operating Efficiency of the Albuquerque Sewage Disposal Plant from a Bacteriological Standpoint

Author

Rebecca Jane Menaul

Publication Date

Spring 5-31-1938

Abstract

This study of sewage disposal plants has traced the development of sewage plants from an ancient and simple origin to the highly complex plants of today. Sewage was first disposed of by diluting the waste products into a large stream of water or by merely burying the sewage. As populations have increased, earlier methods have of necessity been discarded and a gradual evolution in the efficiency of methods of disposal has taken place, until today a modern plant may be operated in such a way as to leave the sewage free from all pathogenic bacteria and parasites.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Biology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

UNM Biology Department

First Committee Member (Chair)

F.W. Allen

Second Committee Member

E.F. Castetter

Third Committee Member

Harold D. Larsen

Recommended Citation

Menaul, Rebecca Jane. "The Operating Efficiency of the Albuquerque Sewage Disposal Plant from a Bacteriological Standpoint." (1938). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/biol_etds/190