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"This paper, it is felt, may appear to be a somewhat disconnected discussion of a few points that have come to the writer's attention from his limited experience and practice in the field of Sanitary Engineering. It has not been the intention, however, to provide a discussion of continuity which would take the reader from the ground up through the process involved in the design and construction of any particular structure, system, or plant; but rather is it to be considered the writer's attempt - although probably a somewhat feeble one - to set forth in a note-book, as it were, a few observations he has made together with some of the data he has utilized in connection with his work in the design, construction, and operation of small municipal waterworks and sanitary sewerage systems in the states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. By no means is the paper offered in the light of research, nor are any particularly new ideas or observations claimed by the writer from its contents" – Synopsis, p. 1.