ENGINEERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
The Wanganui city engineer, Mr. F. Row, shows quite clearly that city councils should not regard city engineers as the only and final opinion to be considered. The modern treatment of sewage is a biological process and the engineering requirements are of secondary importance. The 1944 memorandum of the Agricultural Research Council of England, which includes Rothamsted, reveals that they regard the products as of the utmost importance to the land. How long must we suffer deficiency diseases in plant, animal and human life simply because engineers are the only experts consulted? All the processes mentioned by Mr. Row out of date, requiring unnecessa>. land areas and time-consuming methods. The correct treatment is composting, which produces surprisingly rapid results and is completely applicable to a town the size of London—how much more to Wanganui? Biologists and farmers can prove their case—when are engineers going to do their part? STANLEY S. HAMILTON.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 84, 10 April 1945, Page 4
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