Talk:Sewer
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[edit] History of sewer systems
As far as I know the first sewer system was developed by the sumerians. They used clay pipes to drain the water from buildings into a central sewer system. The first example in history of water management systems predates even the sumerians and is related to the Ubaid culture in Mesopotamia which had constructed irrigation as early as the -6 millennia BC.
The line about Warsaw refugees running through the sewers is in the section titled fiction... Is it fiction?
[edit] sewer vs storm
This article should probably be reworked as an article about sanitary sewer only. The storm stuff should be moved to the storm drain article. The sanitary sewer article that exists now should then be deleted.
Also, mentions of process and oily sewers used in refineries and industry are worth mentioning.
[edit] Image removal
I removed the image because, 1. Its a bit disgusting. 2. It really isn't encyclopedic. 3. This article isn't about overflowing sewers. --Cliffb 22:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
- Not disagreeing that we need a sewer photo. I just strongly feel that is not the one. Lets start looking for another one that is GFDL compatible. --Cliffb 23:55, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
