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Water
The water supply is satisfactory in quality and quantity.
During the year two chemical and two bacteriological samples
were taken from the Company's mains in this Borough ; all were
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 -029 per cent, of the inhabited houses and -016 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 :—
Lengths of Mains
Yards Diameter
22 6"
116 4"
420 3"
429 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 3,880 chemical, bacteriological and biological
examinations have been made during the year.
" All water going into supply was wholesome."
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