Report of the committee to the members of the Association, on Lord Lincoln's Sewerage, Drainage, &c., of Towns' Bill.

  • Health of Towns Association (London, England)
Date:
1846
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Credit: Report of the committee to the members of the Association, on Lord Lincoln's Sewerage, Drainage, &c., of Towns' Bill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Is universally practical le. 73. Fifthly. The evidence further shows that the mode of constant supply is universally practicable. Thus,” Mr. Hawksley* states, 66 that any company that possesses an ample quantity of water at its works, and a sufficient reservoir in an elevated situation, may adopt this mode of supply without difficulty or disadvantage, and indeed the difficulty and disadvantage is far from insuperable when an elevated reservoir cannot be obtained.” On being asked—“ Do you conceive that the high pressure could be engrafted on the present system in London, without a very material difficulty in point of expense?” This witness answers,—u I think it might, particularly if the supply were constant. I think there would be no difficulty in the arrangement.” As the result of a careful calculation, Mr. Hawksleyf further states, “ that, supposing the daily supply of the metropolis to be equal to a lake of fifty acres, of a mean depth of three feet,if a first investment of 15^. per head, or 9d. in addition to the annual water charge of each of the population, would enable a constant supply of the purest soft water to be delivered at all hours, into every story throughout London, and that without injury to the interests of the existing companies, who might derive their supplies from this common source. A very consi¬ derable economy of management and working expenses would indeed result from this consolidation of engineering operations, which would go far in reduction of the increased charge of 9d. per annum.” He also shows § that a constant supply of pure and filtered water might be brought from Windsor to the metropolis at a charge not exceeding 2d. per week per house, one with another, or at Id. per week for the lowest class of tenements. Mr. Joseph Quick, |] engineer of the Southwark Water Company, states that he entirely concurs with the evidence given by Mr. Hawks- ley, as to the practicability and great advantage of substituting a system of constant supply, night and day, at high pressure for the present system of intermittent supply ; that he has calculated the additional expense that would be incurred per week per tenement for such an increased supply within the district supplied by the Southwark Water Company; that this expense would be three half-pence per * First Report, vol. ii. p. 33. | First Report, vol. ii. p. 60. f First Report, vol. ii, p. 34. § First Report, vol. ii. pp. 40—48, 59, 60.