County Sewer District Work in Ohio and Assessment of Cost According to Benefits

Under Ohio laws, county sewer districts may be created and sewers and water mains may be constructed therein, the cost being defrayed by assessments levied on property benefited. More than 2 000 miles of construction have been executed under these provisions, largely in suburban or rural areas. The character of the territory served involves special problems of design both as to boundaries of districts and provision for future development. The writer's basis of estimating proper sewer and water main capacities is described. In the plan for the apportionment of assessments for trunk sewers in districts only partly sewered, the fundamental basis is the enhancement of value of the property affected, by reason of the improvement.