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It is cleansed and maintained by the Middlesex County Council.
The Grand Junction Canal Feeder, an artificially constructed water course,
crosses the district and is used to convey water from the Company's Reservoir at
Ruislip to the Canal to maintain the water level during summer months.
The Grand Junction Canal is in the south part of the district, and the
Paddington branch of this canal forms the eastern boundary for a distance of
about 1,500 yards.
There are numerous ditches and small watercourses throughout the
district, all of which are more or less polluted and silted up.
DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
With the exception of eighty houses all other premises in the district are
connected to the sewers. The exceptions referred to are houses situated at
Yeading, Hayes Gate, Charville Lane, and a number of isolated houses in the west
part of the district.
The cleansing of cesspools and pail closets is undertaken by the Council.
In consequence of the flat nature of the district the whole of the sewage
has to be lifted to the Disposal Works and this has necessitated the provision of
eight Sewage Ejector Stations. They are adequate for the requirements of the
district with the exception of the " Redleaf " Station, where in spite of installation of
an auxiliary electrically driven pump, the plant is insufficient to meet all the
demands made upon it during winter months, and when the slightest hitch occurs
the sewers and house drains around that station become surcharged with sewage
matter.
I would impress upon the Council the need for pressing forward with the
scheme in coure of preparation to provide additional pumping capacity for this
part of the district.
The sewage is treated at the Disposal Works situated in the south-east of
the district near the Southall boundary. The process consists of passing the
sewage through Precipitation Tanks, Percolating Filters, and Humus Tanks, the
effluent being discharged into the River Crane. No complaints have been received
as to the character of the effluent.
The average daily flow is about 420,000 gallons.