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At the present moment the Council possess modern
sewage disposal works on both sides of the river capable of
purifying the whole of the sewage. It must however be
borne in mind that the district is developing very rapidly
and the time will come in the future when the Council may
have to extend these works to provide further facilities for the
purification of the steadily growing dry weather flow which
is received at these works.
In designing the two Schemes outlined above, this possibility
has been borne in mind and extensions can be made to
the existing works without superseding any of the work already
carried out."
CESSPOOLS.
With very few exceptions all premises and dwellings are
connected with the public sewer. Some houses not situate
within a hundred feet of a public sewer are furnished with a
cesspool.
There are 61 cesspools in the district affording means of
drainage for 58 houses and premises.
The emptying of 51 of these cesspools is performed by
the Council's Contractor, the work being carried out at night
and is supervised by the Sanitary Inspector.
The remaining cesspools are emptied at the cost of the
owners or occupiers of the property.
CLOSET ACCOMMODATION.
All the premises and dwelling houses in the district with
the exception of a very small number situate in the most rural
portion are furnished with water closets.
A very large proportion of the water closets are of
"pedestal wash-down type" and very few Long hopper
basins " are in use and these are replaced when found defective
by modern type basins of L.C.C. pattern. The closets
are furnished with flushing cisterns, and supplied with a constant
service of water. Nearly every house has a separate
water closet and the major portion two or more.