[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Wetherby R.D.C.
- Wetherby (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Wetherby R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Matters of importance affecting various scliemes are detailed below:— I. Wctherby R.D.C. North Rigton Council House Supply. Tliis small scheme lias cuiitiimed to give considerable trouble, and during 1947 there were ten mechanical breakdowns. The plant is obsolete and the borehole is almost inadequate to maintain the supply. Efforts to improve the supply liy cleaning and deepening the borehole have given negative results. II. Wetherby R.D.C. Eastern Area Scheme. This scheme continues to give excellent service. III. Wetherby R.D.C. Sicklinghall, Spofforth and Kearby Scheme. The water levels have again receded and at the year end the scheme was operating with a working water level 20ft. above the suction of the pumps. Your Council had under consideration at the year end the acquisition of a submersible jiump to enable water to be lifted in adequate quantity from lower in the borehole than is pos^iiile with existing pumps. I regret that I have to \tf\rn the, Conncil that Ihere are obvious indications that this supply will l)ecomo totally inadequate within a very few years, as the continuously increasing water consump¬ tion is in excess of the capacity of the supply. It has also been necessary to instal a chlorinntor for this supply as over a period of years there has been uns.atisfactory analyses of the water intermittently, duo probably to the drawing into the su])])ly of water, v/hich previously was not obtained when the water was at a higlier level in tlie boreholes. IV. Wetherby R.D.C. Financial Report. The cost of maintenance of waterworks was £1,731 12s. lid., the water revenue was £1,737 133. Id., and loan repayments were £664 8s. 9cl. princi]:»al, and £579 Os. 2d. interest. The outstanding debt on your water undertakings at the 31st March, 1948, was £15.715 i3s. Od. V. Wetherby D istrlct Water Co. It is pleasing to report that the year has been one of little diiriculty so far as the supply from the above-named undertaker is concerned. The Council are fully aware that continued development within the statutory area of this Company v/ill inevitably cause consid.erable difTiculty in the maintenance of sup])lies unless additional water and improved methods of distribution can be obtained. VI. Lascelies Estate Co. The Council’s scheme for the acquisition of the water supply of the above-named Company has not been completed Imt a considerable amount of work lias been carried out in the preparation of a scheme for a bulk supply of water from Leeds Corporation and the elimination of tiie iiresent spring supplies. The new scheme proposes to give a piped supply to Ilarewood and Dunkeswick. VII. Leeds Corporation. At TIuby, in the parish of Weeton, work has been carried out to improve distribution in order to obviate shortage of water in the high level area at times of peak consump¬ tion, and it is expected that this vcork will be completed early in 1948. VIII. Harrogate Corporation. ] , IX. Ministry of Supply. ) supplies have been satisfactory.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30267985_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
