Abstract |
The publication presents a summary and analysis of data on sewage disposal and treatment facilities in the United States and territories. Detailed information on individual facilities will be published in the 1968 Inventory of Municipal Waste Facilities. The data reflect the status, characteristics and types of disposal and treatment facilities in place on January 1, 1968. The inventory is the fifth to be taken on a national basis. Certain data from the statistical summaries of the previous inventories have been included in this publication to allow comparison with the 1968 inventory and to provide a measure of progress in the control and disposal of municipal wastes. Analyses of the data and of trends in the methods of collection, treatment and disposal of the wastes are included in the text. |