Fermentation of stored sewage (septic tanks) was developed by Sir Colin Scott -Moncrieff with the British Foreign Service; in the United States, by A. N. Talbot (Illinois) in 1894. Category: 1899 - 1800, United States of America8. 4. 1891Post navigationPreviousPrevious post:1892 – The first bacterial counts on milk in U.S.NextNext post:1890 – Method for determining percentage of butterfat introduced