Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Scope and Content
Access Points
Descriptive Summary
Title: California Bureau of Sanitary Engineering Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1911-1963
Collection number: MS 80/3
Creator:
California. Bureau of Sanitary Engineering
Extent:
ca. 33 linear ft. (73 boxes)
Repository:
Water Resources Collections and Archives
Shelf location: This collection is stored off-campus at NRLF. Please contact the Water Resources Collections and Archives staff for access
to the materials.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Water Resources Collections and Archives. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives. Permission for publication is given on
behalf of the Water Resources Collections and Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or
imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], California Bureau of Sanitary Engineering Papers, MS 80/3, Water Resources Collections and Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Arrangement
Papers arranged alphabetically by county and, within county, by municipality.
Scope and Content
Files of the former Bureau of Sanitary Engineering of the California Dept. of Public Health, located in Berkeley, California
(now known as the Dept. of Health Services), relating to water quality. Form of material includes reports, correspondence,
laboratory results and photographs. Materials include applications to construct and operate sewage treatment works; disposal
of septic tank effluent; discharge of sewage and industrial waste from industrial plants; sanitary surveys; taste and odor
problems; sewer outfalls; water permits; and history of municipal water-supply systems throughout California.
Access Points
Water -- Pollution -- California
Water quality -- California
Water quality management -- California
Sewage disposal plants -- California
Sanitary engineering -- California
Sewerage -- California
Groundwater -- California -- Quality
Ocean outfalls -- California