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During the year 1935 the Company obtained an Act of Parliament
for the abstraction of a further supply of water from the
River Stour (Essex and Suffolk), and constructional work is proceeding
satisfactorily. The Company is empowered to abstract
additional water up to a maximum of 35 million gallons per day
from the river, and to construct a reservoir in the neighbourhood
of Abberton which will hold over 5,000 million gallons.
The water will be normally abstracted from the river from
November to May, when a large amount of surplus water is available,
and the large reservoir is for the purpose of storing the water
so abstracted for use at other times of the year. The scheme
further authorises the construction of three pumping stations,
filtration plant and about 26 miles of pipe lines.
It is not anticipated that the scheme will come into supplybefore
1940.
(ii) Drainage and Sewerage.—The Borough Engineer has
kindly supplied me with the following report.
(a) Survey of Main Trunk Sewers.
The survey of the existing main trunk sewers in the Borough has now been
completed. Schemes are in course of preparation for the re-construction of the
Cranbrook Road System and the Horns Road system. A scheme is also in
course of preparation for the re-construction of the Roden Street Pumping
Station together with the incoming mains, rising and discharging mains.
(b) Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Scheme.
The Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Scheme completed in 1935 has
been in operation for over a year and is working satisfactorily. The average
dry weather flow amounts to 5½ million gallons per day.
2. Rivers and Streams.—Vide Annual Report, 1925.
(a) Seven Kings Stream.
(1) Pollution by sewage taking place outside the Borough boundary.
This has now been remedied, the overflow from cesspools not now
discharging into the stream.
(2) Observation has been maintained of this stream, and apart from slight