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water storage for farms, dairies, bakers, fishshops,
hotels, restaurants, butchers and other food premises.
Chlorination of all water coming through the
mains was recommended for a period after the supply
was again normal.
(ii) Drainage and Sewerage.
The sewage disposal plant at Luxborough has
worked efficiently and gives a satisfactory effluent. The
difficulties of sludge treatment have further increased
with the steady growth of population. The scheme for
enlarging these works, primarily to cope with the large
L.C.C. development in the district, is in an advanced
stage of preparation. It is anticipated that tenders for
that part of the scheme relating to sludge treatment will
be invited in 1948. The same expectation applies to the
small and obsolete Millers Lane Works, which has
necessarily given a very varied and often unsatisfactory
quality effluent during the year.
The five pumping plants (which include one at the
Chigwell Gun Site to deal with hutments used for
temporary housing) have functioned efficiently during
the year.
2. Rivers and Streams.
The River Roding is the only one passing through
the centre of the district, dividing the wards of Chigwell
on the south-east side and Buckhurst Hill and Loughton
on the north-west side. There are no buildings at
present liable to floods in the river area which is under
the jurisdiction of the Roding Catchment Board.
3. (i) Closet Accommodation.
A few closets on the conservancy system remain
in Chigwell and Loughton wards. They are situated in
remote cottages out of reach of sewers.
(ii) Public Cleansing.
Housing refuse was removed weekly throughout
the district by the Council's own covered vehicles, with
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