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"leakage; and 4th, to the admission of unfiltered water
from the subsidence reservoirs into the pump-wells. Mr.
"Radcliffe adds, that it should be required absolutely of
"the Company that the communication of the reservoirs at
"Battersea with the tidal portion of the Thames by means
"of the old conduit leading to Battersea Reach, and the
"direct communicatiou of the subsidence reservoirs with
"the pumping-wells, should be entirely cut off.'
"This Company has since improved and extended its
"filtering apparatus, and during the last four months of the
"year it has supplied perfectly clear and transparent
"water.
"As regards the turbidity of the Lambeth Company's
"water, Mr. Radcliffe reports that it is due—1st, to the
"objectionable source of supply (the intake being, like
"that of the Chelsea Company, below the junction of the
"turbid Mole with the Thames); 2nd, to insufficient pro"vision
for subsidence ; and 3rd, to insufficient apparatus
"for filtration.
"No substantial improvement seems to have yet been
"made in this Company's arrangements, as the water
"delivered in December last was very turbid, and con"tained
numerous living organisms."
I remain, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J. S. BRISTOWE.