On the reclamation of waste lands in the Clyde estuary, considered in relation to the disposal of the sewage of Glasgow / by Alexander Frew.

  • Frew, Alexander.
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[1889]
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Credit: On the reclamation of waste lands in the Clyde estuary, considered in relation to the disposal of the sewage of Glasgow / by Alexander Frew. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On the Reclamation of Waste Lands in the Clyde Estiiary, con- sidered in relation to the Bisjoosal of the Setvage of Glasgow. By Alexander Feew, C.E. [Read before the Architectural Section, 16th December, 1889.] (With Map of Clyde Estuary.) Two very important and apparently perplexing questions are at present being forced upon the attention of the citizens of Glasgow, and the public voice seems to be gaining strength in its demand that the authorities shall at once look these questions straight in the face, and make a real effort to solve them in a practical and satisfactory manner. I say a real effort, because have there not been many partial efforts made in the direction of the solution of these questions, but all of which have attained their maximum when the stage of a report has been reached. The questions to which we refer, and which are still waiting to be properly answered, are (1) What is to be done in regard to the disposal of the sewage of the City of Glasgow, and the purification of the River Clyde 1 and (2) What is to be done with the dredg- ings of the river ? In recent years the latter question has fi'squently cropped up in Parliament, with the result that an official Government inspec- tion has been made into the disposal of the Clyde dredgings, as at present carried on, and the effect of that system upon the lochs where these dredgings are deposited. This inspection has been followed, like many other official inspections, by a report upon the alleged pollution of Loch Long and Loch Goil; but it yet r-emains to be seen what action the Government will take in the matter, if any. The sewage question has formed the subject both of official and unofficial reports and discussions during the last twenty years or more, and in spite of all these, and also of the numerous and lengthy effusions on this subject with which the newspapers have