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2. DRAINAGE, SEWERAGE AND PUBLIC CLEANSING.
Mr-. R.W. Edwards, C.Eng. ,A.M.I.C.E. ,M.I.Mun.E., Engineer and
Surveyor, has kindly supplied the following information -
(a) Drainage and Sewerage:
The soil drainage from the greater part of the District gravitates
to the main disposal works at Luxborough Lane which was improved in 1938,
extended after the war and has now been further improved with the addition of
final effluent and storm water treatment lagoons. A yet further extension
is now planned.
A smaller part of the District drains to the Millers Lane Sewage
Disposal Works where the Council has also decided to make improvements, or
lay a trunk sewer to take the flow to the Luxborough Lane Works, thereby
eliminating this small Works.
The completion of these improvements is expected to result in a
higher standard of purity in the effluent to be discharged to the River
Roding.
As regards sewerage, the Council is faced not only with the
increasing foul flows from the new development, but also with some ageing
and unsatisfactory sewers which contribute to the flooding difficulties
referred to below. Generally, there is a separate system of drainage in
the District except in the older parts where combined sewers still exist.
These combined sewers have caused flooding at various points in the District
and work has started on the laying of new surface water sewers to remove
part of the flow from the combined sewers in South Loughton and Buckhurst
Hill and thus from the Sewage Treatment Works.
A small area of Buckhurst Hill drains into the sewers of the London
Borough of Redbridge at Woodford, thence via Chingford and to the East
Middlesex Scheme. Part of Chigwell Row drains to the London Boroughs of
Redbridge and Barking.
There are 4 outlying {Jumping stations lifting the flow from low
lying areas up to the main gravity sewers.
(b) Public Cleansing:
Domestic refuse is being collected once weekly throughout the
District by the Council's vehicles and labour. A fleet of 7 compressing
type refuse collection vehicles is constantly employed, supplemented by
further vehicles for special collections, including a FREE service for
removing bulky domestic articles (e.g. mattresses, bedsteads etc.) on
request from householders.
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