[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Buckinghamshire County Council.

  • Buckinghamshire (England). County Council. n 50052973.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Buckinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ The Board’s main sources of supply are situated at Wendover, New Ground, Hawridge and Battlesden. The Wendover source lies between Wendover and Great Missenden, New Ground between Tring and Berkhamsted, while Hawridge lies just north of Chesham. These are all chalk sources and at Wendover no treatment beyond simple aeration and routine chlorination is required. The Battlesden source, which lies in Bedfordshire, supplies water from greensand bore- holes; here aeration, sedimentation and rapid gravity filtration is the order of treatment. In addition to the above the Board also operates several sources which formerly belonged to the Rural Districts Water Company—the chief of these is that at Hampden Bottom. A new bore- hole was sunk here during the year and early in 1954 a new main wiill be laid to convey an increased quantity of water from this site. The newest of the Board’s sources is that at Foxcote, near Buckingham, where water is abstracted from the River Great Ouse and which came into operation during the year. From the 1st October, 1953 regular supplies were commenced to the Wolverton and Newport Pagnell Urban Districts and to the Rural District of Brackley. With effect from 1st January, 1954, a regular supply is being made available to the Towcester Rural District. The Foxcote works include a fully equipped laboratory and the Board has now commenced to collect and analyse their own samples of water throughout their district. This represents a very important stage in the rapid growth and development of the Board. During the year regular samples of water have been taken both from consumers’ taps and from various sources. Thd results of these samples indicate that the water supplied by the Board conforms to the high standard of that required from any public supply authority.” In view of the predominance of the Bucks Water Board in Mid and North Bucks only a few Local Authorities in the North have their own W ater Undertaking, while in the South of the County Water Companies predominate. The Local Authorities in the County are served by the Water Undertakers shown below:— Local Authority. Boroughs. Aylesbury Buckingham Slough Wycombe ... Water Undertakers. The Bucks Water Board. Buckingham Borough Council. Slough Borough Council. The Burnham Water Company. The Slough Estates, Ltd. Wycombe Borough Council. Urban Districts. Beaconsfield Bletchley Chesham Eton Linslade Marlow Newport Pagnell Wolverton Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company. The Marlow Water Company. Bletchley Urban District Council. Chesham Urban District Council. Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company. Borough of New Windsor. Linslade Urban District Council. The Marlow Water Company. Newport Pagnell Urban District Council. Wolverton Urban District Council. Rural Districts. Amersham Aylesbuiy ... . Buckingham Eton Newport Pagnell Wing Winslow Wycombe ... ... The Bucks Water Board. Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company. The Bucks Water Board. The Bucks Water Board. Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company. Slough Borough Council. The Burnham Water Company. The South-West Suburban Water Company. Newport Pagnell Rural District Council. Stoke Goldington Water Company. The Bucks Water Board. The Bucks Water Board. Wycombe Rural District Council. Wycombe Borough Council. Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Companv. The Bucks Water Board. The Marlow Water Company.