[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C.
- Rhyl (Wales). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1963
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SEWERAGE Due to the fact that half the pumping capacity has been converted from gas engine-driven to electric motors, as a temporary measure, and the building taking place around the Station, considerable difficulty is still being experienced in maintaining an effective service, but I am pleased to repoi t that, despite all the difficulties mentioned, all storm water has been dealt with without incident. All sewerage of the town gravites to a main pumping station in Westbourne Avenue, where it is pumped into two sewerage storage reservoirs of a total capacity of li million gallons. The contents of the reservoirs are discharged into the sea at a point approximately 1,000 yards from the sea wall, and the 30in. valve to the sea is opened half an hour after high water and closed 2 hours after high water, so that at all times of dry weather flow the mouth of the sea outfall pipe is covered with a considerable depth of tidal water when it is discharging. During periods oi heavy rainfall, the valve is opened for longer periods, but as Rhyl is a combined system, where the majority of rain and road surface water is diverted into the sewers, dilution is great. 1 append herewith a table showing the total gallons pumped, together with a daily average:— Total Gallons Pumped Daily Average January 53,179,516 ... 1,715,468 February 42,202,373 ... 1,507,156 March 56,422,919 ... 1,820,094 April 77,873,459 ... 2,595,459 May 51,965,663 ... 1,676,302 ]une 82,301,467 ... 2,743,482 July 63,536,878 ... 2,049,576 August 81,680,930 ... 2,634,868 September 59,438,404 ... 1,981,280 October 61,397,757 ... 1,980,572 November 102,331,247 ... 3,414,374 December 46,067,-123 ... 1,486,045 778,401,036 2,132,601 RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951. There are now two premises which are registered under the above Act in the district.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28876179_0063.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
