The United Kingdom led the world in the development of large scale sewerage systems; the Greeks had small sewers, as did the Romans but the British in Victorian Imperial splendour really pioneered the treatment of human waste faeces. However, like many things in which the British once led the world, the British have fallen behind in the latest techniques of treating waste water. (more…)
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