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PART II.
ADMINISTRATION.
WATER SUPPLY.
1. The supply is now constant throughout the Borough.
A water tower was constructed in 1911 which enabled all
houses on Shooters Hill to have a constant supply.
Plumstead Well. In previous years I have repeatedly
called attention to the unsatisfactory condition of the water
supplied by the Plumstead Well.
From, the Annual Report of the Water Examiner on the
Metropolitan Water Supply for the year ending March 31st,
1912, it appears that 81 samples were taken of the Plumstead
Well in the year for chemical analysis. The ammoniacal
nitrogen averaged .0000, the albuminoid nitrogen .0017, the
chlorine 5.66, the total hardness 38.25, and the temporary
hardness 15.12. In all these particulars the Plumstead Well
compared unfavourably with the other Kent Wells, the
chlorine and hardness far exceeding that of all the other
deep wells. The results of last year differ little from those
of preceding recent years. The chlorine found in 1912 was
slightly lower than the amount reported in 1907, when it was
6.07, but the hardness was higher than ever, and much in
excess of all the other Kent wells.