Flow of history: Can wastewater be treated?
Concerns for odors and health were causing city leaders to look for solutions, but the science of wastewater treatment was still in its infancy.
Concerns for odors and health were causing city leaders to look for solutions, but the science of wastewater treatment was still in its infancy.
At this time in history, individual outhouses and chamber pots were the standard methods of handling human waste throughout Madison.
Madisonians tackled early concerns when most other communities in the country had no system to handle wastewater.