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19
Water
The water supply is satisfactory in quality and quantity. Since
November, 1938, eight local authorities in the South Essex Waterworks
Company's area of supply have carried out a co-ordinated
system of sampling. Each authority takes one sample a month for
bacteriological examination and one sample every six months for
chemical examination in accordance with a rota. The 12 bacteriological
and two chemical samples taken from the Company's mains
in this Borough were all satisfactory.
The water is not liable to have plumbo-solvent properties, and
no action was called for in respect of any form of contamination.
Approximately .10 per cent, of the inhabited houses and .084 per
cent, of the population of the Borough take their water from
standpipes.
During the year the mains laid in the Borough were as
follows :—
Size Yards Laid
6" diameter 677
4" „ 1,169
y „ 93
Total 1,939
784 Supplies were afforded to houses during the year.
The Chief Engineer of the South Essex Waterworks Company
has furnished me with the following report:—
"Bacteriological and chemical examinations are made of
the raw river water, of the water in its various stages of treatment
and of the water going into supply and of both raw
and chlorinated water from the Company's wells.
"Analyses are also made of samples obtained from
consumers' taps in the various parts of the Company's district
and all proved to be satisfactory.
"Over 3,300 chemical, bacteriological and biological
examinations have been made during the year.
"All water going into supply was wholesome."