Surf these sites: Early History of Wastewater Treatment in Metropolitan Toronto -- Following cholera and typhus epidemics that swept the Toronto area in the mid 1800s, residents stopped dumping their outhouse pails onto the street. Lynn Wastewater Treatment Plant History -- Wastewater collection began in Lynn in 1866 with the construction of a stone and brick sewer in Union street. By 1879, the Lynn City Engineer reported that all but 7.5 miles of major streets had been sewered. In the 1880''s and early 1890''s, many of the larger sewer mains were constructed including the Eastern and Western Interceptors along with several of the submains. During that decade, the number of connections rose from 1,005 to 1,988. The system has continued to expand and there are 140 miles of pipe. RWSP Wastewater Tutorial Page -- History -- Forty years ago, Lake Washington was too polluted for swimming. In one of the first and largest environmental cleanups in history, people voted to save the lake by building a sewage treatment system. Now, Lake Washington is one of the cleanest urban lakes in the world. Town of Ocean City, Maryland: Wastewater District One History and Development -- Wastewater Department District One History and Development As Ocean City started to grow from a small town into a summer resort, sanitary sewer mains were laid in every other street beginning with the boardwalk discharging into the Sinepuxent Bay.
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