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All premises in the Borough are provided with water closets and all drain
into sewers with the exception of certain boathouses and sports pavilions etc
six in total, which are at present some distance from the nearest sewer and
where cesspools or septic tanks are in use
There are also a small number of catchpits for industrial wastes at indus
trial premises in the area now amounting to seven in number
Arrangements for the regular clearing of these cesspools and catchpits
are made with the Borough Engineer s Department of the Council,
Enquiries - Outstanding Sanitary Notices
During the year 1,267 enquiries were received from other Departments enquiring
if any sanitary notices were outstanding in respect of certain properties
in the district The necessary searches were made and the required information
furnished
WATER SUPPLY AND WATER SERVICES
The water supply for the whole of the district is supplied by the mains of
the Metropolitan Water Board One well, which is still in use in the Borough
(at Green s Boathouse Riverside Lands). is used for washing purposes only while
drinking water is obtained direct from the mains.
From time to time reports are issued by the Metropolitan Water Board on
samples of water examined chemically bacteriologically, biologically and for
tasting purposes, The samples are taken at various stages ranging from river
water to water before and after filtration and to water before and after chlorination
This constant checking ensures that the quality of the water entering
the mains is satisfactory at all times The quantity of the water supply too,
has been satisfactory throughout the year.
Watch is also kept by the Board on the discharge of any radioactive effluents
into waters which contribute eventually to the supplies they are treating, to
ensure that the standards laid down are complied with.
SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
The sewerage system for Brentford and Chiswick is mainly a 'separate'
system in which surface water drainage and foul drainage are kept separate with
two sets of drains along streets to which the various connections can be made
In a few of the older areas of the Borough no surface water drainage exists
and in these areas the foul and surface water drainage from properties is all
taken into the foul sewer while surface water drainage from highways is taken
into soakaways.
The surface water drainage system is split into areas throughout the Borough
and each area has an outfall into the River Thames There are approximately
18 outfalls of this kind along the length of the River within the Borough.
The foul drainage system is based on the two areas of Brentford and Chiswick
each area draining to one point within its boundary. The Brentford area drains
to Town Meadow Depot and the Chiswick area to Corney Road Depot Before the
advent of the West Middlesex Drainage Board the sewage received at Town Meadow
Depot was pumped to a sewage disposal plant situated at Clayponds Gardens, and
the sewage received at Corney Road Depot was treated at a plant within the Depot,
both plants having outfalls into the Thames for effluent. Since the West Middlesex
Drainage Board came into operation, the two sewage plants in the Borough
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