...dilution. The Rivers Pollution Commission of England, after extended investigation, have concluded that " there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to secure oxidation and destruction of any sewage which may be discharged into it even at its source."...

...Rivers- Pollution Commission are opposed to this claim. "' It will be safe to infer," it is stated, " that there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to affect the destruction of sewage by oxidation." Neverthless, self-purification, to a certain extent,...

...impossible to say how far such water must flow before the sewage matter becomes thoroughly oxidized. It will be safe to infer, however, from the above results, that there is no river in the United Kjngdom long enough to effect the destruction of sewage by oxidation."* "I believe that an infinitesimal...

...impossible to say how far such water must flow before the sewage matter becomes thoroughly oxidised. It will be safe to infer, however, from the above...long enough to effect the destruction of sewage by oxidation." On the other hand, several eminent chemists have expressed their belief that a flow of...

...purifying agents, yet the English River Pollution Committee say in their report : '• It is safe to infer that there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to effect the destruction of sewage by oxidation." That which is not oxidized in its transit to this point is greatly diluted and as yet no...

...have given years of study and experiment to this subject, have formulated the positive 69 statement that " there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to secure the oxidation and destruction of any sewage which may be discharged into it even at its source."...

...who have given years of study and experiment to this subject, have formulated the positive statement that " there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to secure the oxidation and destruction of any sewage which may be discharged into it even at its source."...

...Commission of 1 868, appointed to consider the best means of preventing the pollution of rivers, was : "There is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to effect the destruction by oxidation of sewage put into it at its source." The exhaustive nature of the enquiry that formed...

...drinking purposes without special purification, by means to be described later. Frankland has stated that there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to purify its waters spontaneously if they have once become contaminated with sewage. Ponds and Lakes....

...before the sewage matter becomes thoroughly oxidised. It will be safe to infer, however, from the al>ove results, that there is no river in the United Kingdom long enough to efft-ct the destruction of sewage by oxidation." In the same Report is quoted the opinion of Sir Benjamin...