Sewage Disposal Works: Their Design and Construction

This volume offers a clear, illustrated guide to the design and construction of modern sewage disposal works. Written for practicing engineers and engineering students, it collects together the author's series of articles into a single reference, updating older texts with the latest methods of the early twentieth century. The author assumes readers are already familiar with basic principles, allowing the text to focus on detailed descriptions of tanks, filters, and the many appliances that make a treatment plant function.

The book walks through each major component—simple and rotary screens, storm‑water overflows, various detention tanks, and a range of sludge‑removal equipment—supplemented by photographs and drawings. It then examines percolating filters, contact beds, sand filters, and even emerging sterilisation techniques, providing construction details, capacity tables, and guidelines for distribution systems. Engineers will find practical information on materials, layout, and maintenance that remains useful for understanding the fundamentals of sewage treatment design.