Sanitary engineers launched the campaign to regulate urban septic tanks

Evidence

In the 1950s, however, sanitary engineers and public health officers began to campaign for stricter regulation of septic tanks in metropolitan areas. … For sanitarians, indeed, the spread of septic tanks brought a nightmarish sense of déjà vu. The profession had grown to maturity fighting against private disposal of household wastes. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 388

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Suburban septic tanks threatened to reverse a century of urban sewer reform — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 389; Groundwater pollution fears nationalized septic-tank regulation after 1960 — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 406; Suburban septic-tank threats converted water pollution from local into national policy. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 421 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Groundwater pollution fears nationalized septic-tank regulation after 1960 #expands (0.85) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 406
• Suburban septic-tank threats converted water pollution from local into national policy. #complicates (0.75) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 421
• Septic-tank regulation was hard because the technology served growth and homeownership #responds-to (0.75) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 441