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PART II.
ADMINISTRATION.
WATER SUPPLY.
1. The water supply is constant throughout the Borough.
It is derived from deep chalk wells, one of which is situated
within the Borough, viz., the Plumsted Well.
Plumstead Well. In previous years I have repeatedly
called attention to the unsatisfactory condition of the water
supplied by this Well.
From the Annual Report of the Water Examiner on the
Metropolitan Water Supply for the year ending March 31st,
1913, it appears that 88 samples were taken of the Plumstead
Well in the year for chemical analysis. The ammoniacal
nitrogen averaged .0000, the albumenoid nitrogen .0014, the
chlorine 5.62, the total hardness 38.03, and the temporary
hardness 15.02. In all these particulars the Plumstead Well
compared unfavourably with the other Kent wells, the
chlorine and hardness far exceeding that of all but one of
the other deep wells. The results of last year differ little
from those of preceding recent years. The chlorine found
in 1913 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 but one.