The culture of flushing : a social and legal history of sewage / Jamie Benidickson ; Foreword by Graeme Wynn.

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Publication details:

Vancouver, British Columbia : University of British Columbia Press, 2007.

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62692

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Nature, history, society.

Subject:

Sewerage -- Law and legislation -- History.

Sewerage -- Social aspects -- History.

Environmental law.

Contents:

1. The advantage of a flow of water

2. Navigating aquatic priorities

3. A source of civic pride

4. The water closet revolution

5. Municipal evacuation

6. Learning to live downstream

7. The bacterial assault on local government

8. The dilutionary impulse at Chicago

9. Separating water from the waterways

10. Streams are nature's sewers

11. Riparian resurrection

12. Governing water.

Summary:

This book examines the social and legal history of sewerage and the evolution of waste treatment in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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9780774812924

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Phys. description:

xxiv, 404 p. : ill., b&w ; 23 cm