Sewage disposal / report of a committee appointed by the President of the Local Government Board to inquire into the several modes of treating town sewage.

Date:
1876
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Credit: Sewage disposal / report of a committee appointed by the President of the Local Government Board to inquire into the several modes of treating town sewage. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    The daily mean flow of the sewage is about 600,000 gallons = 2,678 tons, or 977,4/0 tons yearly. This is pumped to a height of 52 feet. The gross annual cost to the Town Council in disposing of the sewage is 1,500?., or at a rate of about ffths of a penny per ton ; they receive for it (i.e., improved rent of farm) 470/., an amount equal to ¥77ths of a penny per ton of sewage, and consequently lose 1,030?. or ffths of a penny per ton, or at a rate of Is. Old. per head of the population, or 2>\d. in the pound on the rateable value. The yearly loss in cleansing privies ... £229 „ „ disposing of the sewage - - 1,030 Total ,£1,259 Or at the rate of Is. 2fc?. per head of the population, or A\d. in the pound on the rateable value of the borough. The volume of sewage is at a rate of 30 gallons per head of the population, or about eight persons contribute to every ton of sewage. ! The capital of 29,000?. will be paid off and then the annual payments of 1,740?. will cease, and the rates will be relieved to the extent of about \\d. in the pound on the present rateable value. Harrogate. Population (average) 12,000 Rateable value £50,000 Houses ------- 1,500 Waterclosets - 1,620 Expenses incurred to dispose of the Sewage. Outlet works, and laying out 47 acres of land at Jenny Plain £1,150 Purchase of Knox Bleachfields - - - 2,200 Purchase of land at Wetherby Lane ... 1,000 Outlet works, and laying out 13| acres of land at Wetherby Lane ----- 3,484 Estimated cost of laying out farm of 247 acres - 3,216 Damages and costs in Chancery suit (about) - - 9,500 Total - - - 20,550 The Yearly Cost for Disposing of Sewage. Capital 20,550?. at 6 per cent, to be repaid with interest. Yearly instalment - - - £1,233 0 0 Rent of farm of 247 acres _ - - - 300 0 0 Rent and expenses of treating the sewage on the 47 acres 282 10 5 .£1,815 10 5 Less sale of produce - - £569 13 1 Rent of land with sewage at Wetherley Lane - - - - 52 0 0 621 13 1 £1,193 17 4 The daily mean flow of the sewage is about 210,000 gallons, equal to 9374 tons, or about 342,187 tons yearly. The annnal cost to the Commissioners in disposing of the sewage is 1,815?. 10s. 5d., or at the rate of ffths per ton; they receive for the produce 621?. 13s. Id., an amount equal to ffths of a penny per ton of sewage, and consequently lose 1,193?. 17s. 4d., or about ffths of a penny per ton, or at the rate of Is. life?, per head of the population, or about 5Je?. in the pound on the rateable value of the town.