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SECTION C.
Water.
The South Essex Waterworks Company provide throughout
the greater part of the District a constant supply of water which is
satisfactory in quality and adequate in quantity. The water is
derived from the River Stour at Langham, and also from wells in the
chalk, but almost the whole of the water supplied to this District is
obtained from the River Stour.
The river water is treated by sedimentation, filtration and
chlorination, and also storage. Weekly analyses, both chemical and
bacteriological, are made of the Stour water at the following stages:
(a) as river water,
(b) river water after sedimentation,
(c) water pumped to the District after filtration and
chlorination.
In addition, further chemical and bacteriological examinations
are made of the water after primary filtration through the rapid filters
and also after secondary filtration through the sand filters prior to
chlorination.
Drainage and Sewerage.
BRANCH SEWERS.
The Surveyor informs me that 40,063 feet of 9 inch and
1,974 feet of 12 inch soil sewers; also 2,672 feet of 15 inch, 2,950 feet
of 12 inch and 27,074 feet of 9 inch surface water sewers were laid
during the year.
Rivers and Streams.
The River Rom has been cleaned out near the Haveringwell
Bridge and attention given to the banks.
No action has been taken with regard to the pollution of rivers
or streams.
New Streets—Made up and taken over.
The Highway Surveyor has supplied the following list of streets
made up and taken over from the 1st January, 1937.