author
H. Alfred Roechling
Best known for writing about sanitation, sewer gas, and sewage treatment at a time when public health engineering was rapidly changing. His work blends practical engineering with a clear concern for how urban infrastructure affects everyday life.
1 Audiobook
Natural & Artificial Sewage Treatment
by Alfred Stowell Jones, H. Alfred Roechling
About the author
H. Alfred Roechling, also listed as Herman Alfred Roechling, was an engineer and technical writer whose published work focused on sanitation and public health. He is credited with works including Sewer Gas and Its Influence Upon Health and, with Alfred S. Jones, Natural & Artificial Sewage Treatment.
Available historical records suggest he was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sources also connect him with a 1902 paper on "The Sewage Question in the Last Century" and with the civil engineering firm Molesworth and Roechling, formed in 1904.
Although biographical details about his personal life are limited in the sources I could confirm, his surviving books show a sustained interest in the science and practice of urban sanitation. For modern listeners, his work offers a snapshot of an era when engineers were grappling with the health challenges of growing industrial cities.