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towards the Thames, and thus simplify the question of
dealing with the rest. I rejoice to see a return, however
partial, to this principle, in the renewal of the
proposition of Mr. Bazalgette to colleet separately and
deodorize the sewage of the Western part of the
metropolis. I see no reason to doubt, that one plan
such as irrigation, may adapt itself most conveniently
to the sewage of one district; deodorizing at different
stations, with discharge of the purified waters into the
sewers of another district. This form of diversion, by
subdivision, will so break up the giant-nuisance as to
render it perfectly manageable; and that in the most
economical manner.
16. Excepting that portion of the sewage which
might be applied to irrigation, the waters freed from
sewage-matter would be available for return to the bed
of the river from which they have been abstracted.
17. There is evidence enough to support a reasonable
presumption that deodorizing by lime is a practical—a
successful proceeding—and commercial profit
apart. It would be a judicious application of money
to test experimentally the plan of the Royal Commission
by taking one sewer for the purpose.
I have now discharged my duty in laying before
you, the facts and reasons which lead me to join your
Chief Surveyor in advising you to resist the perilous