Show EFFECTIVE PLEA FOR ZONING to Construct j r Practically Impossible k Proper Sewerage System Without ut r Up Date Up-to-Date to Dato Arrangement f I The value of completely zoning a B aL Bl l city or village is demonstrated In Inmany Inmany Inmany L many ways One of these Is In n the opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op It gives gh-es the engineers to desIgn design de de- sign and build sewer systems on precise precise pre pre- cise else Information as to the character number and use of buildings that will occupy the district which the sewer system Is to serve The information derived from the zoning ordinance and the official maps will tell him in advance that the area aren to be drained Is zoned say for a single-family single district This means menns to the engineer a n smaller density of population population pop pop- a smaller volume of sewage shallower and smaller sewers Without zoning the engineer is obliged to estimate the type and Intensity Intensity intensity In In- of the development of any given district and design his sewers on the basis of his estimate If In his estimate he did not provide provide pro pro- vide for large numbers of apartment buildings or hotels requiring provision for a much greater volume of sew- sew ago ngo and deeper basements basemen s to be drained his sewers will be found to tobe tobe tobe be Inadequate to take care of the district district district dis dis- as It finally develops The Inadequate sewer Is distressing and costly as It means the backing up of the sewage Into basements involving InvolvIng involving in In- the loss of property by flood flooding lag ing the expense of cleaning out the filth and silt which are deposited after the water has seeped away and the menacing the health of occupants of ot the buildings From From a Report of the tho Zoning Committee of ot the Western Society of Engineers |