[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Brynmawr U.D.C.

  • Brynmawr (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Brynmawr U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA WATER SUPPLY The district is supplied with water from an impounding reservoir ^°5Lat>™lm^M0Und feservo:lr> and situated about l£ dies north-east the town. The supply can be augmented by pumping water into the reservoir from the Ffynnon Gisfaen Springs at Clydach Valley. The water is subject to slow sand filtration; three filter beds ore provided. The reputed capacity of. the reservoir is 20,000,000 gallons, but in ail probabiiity the capacity is considerably less than this. The reUade out-put of the reservoir is estimated about 120,000 gallons nnn-irfT bU?.Pf0bably during periods about 300,000 gallons per day could be relied upon. ^ J Brynmawr is particularly fortunate in being able to supplement their reservoir water supply with pumping from the Ffynnon Gisfa^ Springs JL SprT\haS Bh0” the t0 practically infxSufteble ^d well able to provide Brynmawr with a plentiful supply of water at all lHer* 1°?S.»t- The 60 h‘P- Siguunfaectri^ Punp afd in U.inStalled “ a PunP Kouse 3lted °ver the Springs xn July 1956, gives maxinun yield of 12,000 gallons per hour, pumpim? rSe^i? orto1he4Llfeet-thr°U8h * 6 ^ery^e^thf reservoir or to the Balancing Tank as required. The main leaving the reservoir is 7 inches in diameter. weaving tne the 195?’ thS Wh°le Water undertaking was taken over by the South-East Breconshire Ibter Supply Board formed by four local RurS^istri^^n^T011! B°r1°Ugh’ the Urba* district of Brynmawr and the Rural Districts of Brecknock and Crickhowell. Each local authority being represented on the Board. Hr. K. F. Leris, A.M.I CE.AMI W E is now Clerk and Engineer to the Board. ” *'U«I'W«E*» The Fubiic health Inspector takes periodical samples and these are S^inarion! th6 PUbliC Health Laboratory at Nev^ort for biological SAMPLES J°* °l taken for Biological Examination ... 8 xotal No. of Samples taken for Chlorine Content