III. Why? - Built It In Order To Destroy Family
III. Why?
But how did Engineer decide to build the functional sewer? Why not solve the problem of corruptions assuming that he can do something about it? Why not provide the constant supply of electricity? Why not improve medical facilities? How about the construction of the metro train system? He was involved in the project, and by now, he can call himself an expert. The system can improve 1000%; it only connects key locations now, but it can connect ten times as many locations, and that would certainly improve the over all transportation system in the city. Education? All these are imperative obviously, but he had to solve the problem of the most basic infrastructure, that is, the infrastructure to provide only safe and clean water; it cannot dump dirty water into a nearby river, lake or ocean meanwhile. He found that developing the infrastructure and the management system to establish the effective and functional sanitation system was also essential; however, he concluded that the water supply system was THE basic infrastructure for it would improve the living condition and increase the over all productivity immediately. He figured that the bottom line was the most basic infrastructure intuitively but he also studied history to seek guidance. To take closely related examples, he studied the modern history of London and Paris, two of the greatest cities in the world. They were already such cities in the 19th century already; however, there was a major turning point, and all aspects of these two cities were transformed at that point. They became two of cities that led the world. And today, they continue to possess the same power and influence; they are fundamentally different from cities that just hold populations of 10 million or more. What was that turning point? Both cities transformed their sewage systems by the end of the 20th century.
London and Cholera, a water-born disease, are not put in a same sentence today, and it is, quite frankly, unimaginable, but there were a number of Cholera epidemics in 19th century London; it was just like a major city in a 3rd world country today from the public health point of view. Thames that runs through London was essentially an extension of sewer back then. But, Londoners finally started constructing the modern sewage system including intercepting sewers in the second half of the 19th century and finished it; the city was transformed completely. Cholera became a disease of the past and Londoners has had access to unpolluted truly clean water since then. Over time, slums were transformed and the living standard of the city improved dramatically and fundamentally. This was also the turning point in which the dog-eat-dog society of London went extinct; at least, they had access to clean sanitary water. A similar thing can be said about the sewage system of Paris, and this is probably a better example. Water filled up the sewage when it rained up until the turn of the 19th century; this is observed in cities in 3rd world countries today. As the sewer covered the city, there was no such thing as public health; it was obvious that the sewer endangered lives of Parisians and probably made very many sick. Though, under Louis XIV, Parisians built a rather extensive sewage system at that time, and under Napoleon I, they greatly enhanced it, the sewage system was not capable of taking out all the sewer from Paris, and thus, enabling the city to provide clean water. They also finally started constructing a modern sewage system in the middle of 19th century. The rest is, as they say, history. Cannibalism society of Paris finally became the history of the past.
Ancient history also taught Engineer. The empire that laid the foundation of the western society, Rome. What was it that enabled Rome to become the most powerful and dominant empire of its time and make the lasting impact on the history of mankind? Aqueduct, an artificial channel constructed to convey water from one location to another. That is what made the most profound difference, and arguably, because of the Aqueduct, Renaissance was born in Italy, and arguably, it become the beginning of the modernism. Clean water made Italy the focal point of the modern civilization.
