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DISPOSAL OF SLOP & ROAD REFUSE.
Your Committee's last report stated that this
matter was under the consideration of a Committee
specially appointed for the purpose. It was found
necessary that a speedy decision should be arrived
at and acted upon, inasmuch as all the available
slop shoots in the Parish were being fast closed up.
The last one available, viz., Goose Green, was
ordered by the Metropolitan Board of Works to be
suspended, at a moment when the greatest quantity
of slop was being removed. Under the advice of
your Surveyor, it was determined to appropriate
a portion of the newly acquired Glengall Wharf for
this work. Two receiving tanks were constructed
of concrete, having a capacity of about 2,000 cubic
yards; into these receivers was deposited the liquid
slop as collected, frequently amounting to nearly
200 loads per day.
A system of filtration was provided in each of
these tanks, by which the effluent water was run off
into drainage pits, and thence through drains leading
into the sewer which passes under the adjoining
Canal. The filtration of the liquid slop considerably
reduces the quantity to be removed from the tanks