James Newlands
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James Newlands
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James Newlands was a Scottish civil engineer who worked in Liverpool as the first Borough Engineer appointed in the United Kingdom. He is credited with designing and implementing the first integrated sewerage system in the world in 1848. His new sewerage system prevented raw sewage from contaminating drinking water thereby reducing the number of deaths caused by cholera and other water-borne diseases.
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Scottish civil engineer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Newlands
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2023-10-28T11:58:40Z
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