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KEEPING THE BOROUGH CLEAN
I am obliged to A.S.Knolles, Esq., B.Sc., M.Inst.C.E., M. I.Mun.E.,
Chartered C.E., the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for the following
report of Drainage and Sewerage and Refuse Disposal.
Drainage and Sewerage
Increasing difficulty is being experienced with the ejector system
in the Hampton Hill area due to increased volume of sewage and the
worn out condition of pumping equipment and air mains. A scheme to
modernise the ejector stations in this area has been abandoned on
the grounds that the existing mains to be retained would not effectively
carry the extra strain likely to be imposed on them and a
scheme for replacing most of the ejectors with gravity sewers is in
an advanced stage of preparation, Improvements to the pumping station
at Bell Hill and Hampton Wick will be put in hand on the completion
of the gravity sewers.
Expenditure for these works has been authorised.
Refuse Disposal
In spite of a continued increase in the weight and volume of
refuse the Charlton Plant continues to operate satisfactorily. Salvage
prices generally have continued to fall over the year.
Alterations to the reception hoppers have been completed giving
additional storage capacity for crude refuse with a consequent
reduction in the volume of refuse sent to the tip, Water sprays
have been installed in the dustcatcher to one set of cells in order
to reduce the emission of grit from the chimney,
The erection of a refuse composting plant is in course of
construction.
WATER SUPPLY
All the dwellings in the Borough are supplied from the Metropolitan
Water Board's main, and I am indebted to Dr.E.Windle Taylor,
M. A., M. D., D.P. H., M.R. C. S., L.R.C.P. Director of Water Examination,
Metropolitan Water Board, for the following report:
"The source of water is the River Thames and it is stored in
the Thames Valley reservoirs at Staines, Littleton and Walton.
After storage the water is treated at the filtration works at
Hampton, Ashford Common, Hanwcrth Road and Kempton Park. Samples of
water are collected at ail stages of the purification process at
least five times a week and the summary of the analyses of the
finished waters are set out on pages 23.
The supply is not plumbo-solvent and there have been no
important extensions to trunk mains nor changes in the general
scheme of supply to your area during 1962. New mains have been laid
in Twickenham to the extent of 833 yaids and all these new as well
as repaired mains are disinfected with chlorine before being
restored to supply and samples of water from them are tested to
establish that its quality is up to that normally supplied."
FOOD
Fbort and Drugs Act, 1955
Sampling
The Middlesex County Council is the food and drugs authority
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