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beds on the Northern portion of the Farm, East
of the Railway. The high-level dry weather
flow is about 500,000 gallons per 24 hours.
The sewage from the low level is discharged
into either one or the other or into both of the
two concrete grit chambers in which the heavier
substances are deposited. The sewage then
passes into the two open concrete precipitation
tanks (in which the sewage is liquified), then
into the storage tanks, and from thence to a
sump well, and is pumped into the carriers to be
distributed onto the land, the effluent discharging
into a watercourse running parallel with
the River Lee Navigation, through the Edmonton
Sewage Farm, before joining a stream which
discharges into the River Lee Navigation. The
East London Cut also discharges into the same
stream. The dry weather flow of the low level
is about 500,000 gallons per 24 hours.
The new works, for which the Local Government
Board are asked to sanction the expenditure
of £7,500 from the money the Council will
receive from the Metropolitan Water Board, are
needed in consequence of the present machinery
(engines, pumps, and boilers)—which have been
in use about 27 years—not being equal to the
present requirements; and the area of land for
sewage disposal by the present method is hardly
sufficient for the effectual treatment of the
sewage, and are as follows:—
The Erection of a Pumping Station.—
Install therein 3 gas engines, 3 centrifugal pumps,
and 3 gas producers of the Suction type, all to