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No action has been necessary in respect of any form of
contamination.
The number of dwelling houses supplied as at 31st December
last was 85,640 and the population as obtained from the Registrar
General was 246,710. We are unable to state the number of
houses supplied by stand pipe, but the total is quite insignificant.
We do not make frequent fluorine determinations but on the
basis of past results, the fluorine content of the supplies is put
at 0.25 p.p.m.
The Essex Water Company was formed by the amalgamation
of the Southend Waterworks with the South Essex Waterworks
Company when the latter Company changed its name in 1970, and
on 1st April 1971, the Essex Water Company had transferred to
it the undertakings of the Chelmsford Borough Council, Chelmsford
Rural District Council, With am and Burn ham on Crouch Urban
District Councils.
The present proposals of the Government envisage Regional
Water Authorities responsible for water supply, river management
and sewage treatment. Under these proposals however, the water
companies will continue as agents for the appropriate Regional
Water Authority. The full implications of the Government's proposals
are still being awaited."
42 samples were taken by the Health Department from the
main supply during the year of which 21 were submitted for
chemical and 21 for bacteriological examination. In each case a
satisfactory report was received.
11 of the above mentioned chemical samples were examined
with special reference to the possibility of lead contamination.
The results indicated that all these eleven samples were free
from lead.
Re-Organisation of Water and Sewage Services
The Department of the Environment have issued a Circular
(92/71) and an explanatory memorandum regarding the re-organisation
of water and sewage services.
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