'Natural and Artificial Sewage Treatment' is a scientific text based on the research carried out by Alfred Stowell Jones and H. Alfred Roechling in 1902. It is an examination of the different methods of treatment of sewage available at the time. The book compares what are considered natural methods of sewage disposal, including planting of sewage gardens, and what are the artificial methods used. The goal of the book is to examine the pros and cons of either methods and act as a guide to those in the sewer disposal industry. In their own words, «If it can be proved to them that Nature is not sure and true enough in its methods, the Authors are prepared to assist it with methods and means produced by the inventive brain of man. But if such proof is not forthcoming, they adhere—in preference to groping in the dark—to Nature's own methods, knowing from experience, that when allowed full scope and fair treatment, it is most sure in all its ways.»
