[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Spalding R.D.C.

  • Spalding (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Spalding R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    29/80 (page 25)
    WATER SUPPLY I m indebted to Mr. N.A, Eagles C. M.I.W.E., the Eagineer and Manager of the South Lineolnshirs water a:?.s.rd for the inromation in this section of the report. During the year^ the new borehole source at Idppingale was brought ii'ito op€fration to supplement supplies from the soua’ces sit JO'Ckey and Wiisthon'pe. Despite the below average rmixifsllj, which resulted in water levels in the boreholes falling to the lowest level x^ecordod^, rupp.liea vmm satisfactorilj medntained to all areas ths'oughout the year* 'The total quantity of water distx’ibutod to tlie combined Spalding Eiiraly SpalfhLng Urban and East Elloe Rural Districts during the year v?as ^ .OOO gallons (3*bh8 m.g.d,). This represents an increase of 82j5^'8?'0OO gallons (6.6;!) above the corres|X>ncoj;ig fi,giaro for '*9*71, calcu3.ated quantity supplied to the Spalding Riu*al Ihstrict alone was as follows Cone map tion per he^d Total^ Daily Avex-age of |)opulation Gallons Gallons gallons/aay Holered 92,816,000 253,600 ■'3.53 - Domestic 235,392,000 61x3,^00 A-32 Total 328,210,^000 896,700 h7.85 Ssaples were taken each week from the sources of supply (raw and treated samples) and also from vairious points within the distribution o.nd r'ero ouhmtted for bacteriological ot the Pi^blic rlcaith Laboimtory at Peterborough. Apart from tnc odd one or two suspect results, which usually on investigation were shown to be more likely due to b'ad ssxipiing technique rather than contamination of the viater supply, ali saiBiDles were satisfactory. Details of the new mains laid in the various parishes of the Rural dstrict during the year are shown in the following table »■—■ .... „,i y . • V - METRES LAID ts __ ____ —1 juOC.A ilOl^ 50raiii (2^\) 76mi (3’0 ! 102m (lx) 152s;sm(6) i'j5nin,gtou, Church Street 105 ! ’05 ; .D:?D;ington, Higbfields Est. I 93 5 j Cropland5 Bypass 128 >01 12? ! ; ulowland, Ambury Gardens 252 2t^2 \ i riiQe?is^ickj Cherry Ifolt Est. 11p 112 202 it'33 1 ; Lane 393 393 1 J Small Drove ; 121 1 12'* ] -*-.^sb©.rton, Bowgate Lane 75 75 ! :i TOTAUI d 1 i i 202 ’,901 ! - iu -