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1.
(i) Water Supply
Mr. P. Gordon Spencer, The Chief Engineer of the South Essex
Waterworks Company, has kindly provided the following information
relating to the Public Water Supply within the District:—
(a) Particulars of any new extension of Public Water Supply during
the Year 1964
"Construction is proceeding for a 20 million gallon service
reservoir at Heaton Grange in connection with the supply of the
whole of the area, including that of the Borough of Romford, also
completion of a one million gallon service reservoir at Bedford's
Park, almost entirely for the benefit of the supply in the Borough
of Romford."
(b) Length of mains laid in yards:
3" 4" 6" 9" 12" 15"
140 902 1,002 443 6 152 (Bedford's Park)
Total 2,645 yards
(c) The water supply of the area and of its several parts has
been satisfactory both as to quality and quantity.
(d) Bacteriological and chemical examinations are made of the
raw water, of the water in its various stages of treatment, of
the water supplied from the Company's wells and of the
water going into supply.
Analyses are also made of samples obtained from consumers'
taps in the various parts of the Companys district and all
proved to be satisfactory.
A total of over 4,055 chemical, bacteriological and biological
examinations have been made. In addition samples were
examined for radioactivity.
(e) Fluorine Content
We do not make frequent fluorine determinations but, on the
basis of past results, I put the fluorine content of the supplies
to Romford at 0.2—0.25 P.P.M.: under occasional conditions,
when Langham boreholes are in use, the figure will rise somewhat
and could then be up to approximately 0.3 P.P.M.
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