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There is one small subsidiary works at Millers Lane,
modernised after the war, which maintains a good effluent.
One small area drains to the sowers of Wanstead and
Woodford, thence to Chingford and the East Middlesex scheme.
Most of the Hainault Estate drains to the sewers of the
Dagenham district and the Works of that Authority.
There are four out-lying pumping stations lifting flow from
low lying areas up to main gravity sewers. One of these stations
has been replaced by a new one during the year and another one is
intended to be similarly replaced in connection with a main outfall
sewer scheme now being prepared.
There is a separate system of drainage in the District except
in the older parts where combined sewers still exist.
2. Rivers and Streams.
The River Roding flows through the centre of the District
dividing the Ward of Chigwell on the south-east from those of
Buckhurst Hill and Loughton on the north-west side. There are
no buildings at present liable to floods in the river area which
is under the jurisdiction of the Essex Rivers Board. There has
been some flooding of fields in the valley during the abnormal
weather of 1958 but otherwise it has been very limited for a number
of years and is often non-existent.

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