Excerpt from Eleventh Biennial Report of the North Carolina Board of Health, 1905-1906At their request, Messrs. Webb, secretary and treasurer, and Arbuckle, superintendent, respectively, of the Eno Cotton Mills at Hillsboro, appeared before the Board in relation to the mat ter of the purification of the sewage from the mills, as required by the act to protect water supplies, complaint having been made by the Durham Water Company of the emptying of the same into the Eno River in its raw state. They proposed a plan of purification by combining the exhaust steam and water of con densation with the sewage. This plan did not meet with the approval of the Board, however. After a thorough discussion of the septic-tank and contact - bed method of purification and of the septic tank alone, it was decided that, while the septic tank alone cannot be depended upon for a complete purification, yet, in consideration of the local conditions and environments, on motion of Mr. Ludlow, it was held that for the present sufficient purification would be accomplished by means of a proper septic tank having a capacity of not less than eighteen hours' ¿ow from the mills, the same to be constructed after design to be approved by the Engineer of the Board.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.