SEWERAGE MAINS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 28 May 1925, Page 6

SEWERAGE MAINS

SCHEME OUTLINED FOR

EASTBOURNE

ENGINEER AND COUNCIL

CONFER.

Members of the Eastbourne Borough Council met last evening for the purpose of allowing- Mr. J. T. Edmonds, of Montgomery, Neilsou, Edmonds Proprietary, Ltd., Australian engineers, to explain their proposed, scheme for draining the borough. For some time past the engineers have been discussing the matter with the Eastbourne Council, and their deliberations have been the subject oE several reports. The first plans were for gravitation towards several tanks placed along- the foreshore, but this idea, was rejected by ratepayers at a public meeting. (_)„ :>n(li April Jonn proposal?, ,-iiuoiiHtiii!; to -fii'j.OOM. v.w :-i>limiUEtl to the ratep.nyers and Mni«d'by 360.-voles to 165, and the council nov.proposes to proceed with (he work as soon, as a scheme has been finalised. Last evening Mr. Edmonds said thai his firm had now drawn tip a scheme involving two pumping stations, and a treatment tank placed ten chains south of (lie southern' boundary of the borough. The general scheme, he said, was to deal with sewerage for the whole of Eastbourne by gravity, and the two pumping stations. They were proposing to install a plant to-«ieal with a population of 1000 people,. rising ultimately to COOO people. Provision would be made for dealing with 60 gallons of sewerage for each person per day. The minimum size of sewerage mains would be six inches, and they would bo built to carry a How of 2o per cent, more than the engineers considered would be necessary they anticipated absolutely no difficulty, despite the low level of the land, in securing a self-velocity flow, and that condition would be guaranteed. Tho scheme was particularly well ventilated with manholes.

Councillor Holmes drew attention to the- fact tliat the scheme did not provide or the connection of every houso in the borough. He was not prepared to ngrco to :iuy Rcbcino Ijein- installed unless it met that objection. J| c raised the question of the Hooding of the sewers in times of flood.

-M v. Edmonds stated Hint ho did not Inns that there were more than throe low areas m the borojigh that could not he joined up with the ■ sewerage' mam. But even ihe Imvness wonlrl prove no bar ,f certain neei.-ssary slight alterations were el'fedcd to i\w oufIkhisos No provision was made to don I with !ho. disposal 0 { Hood water. TV.!, was ,iol 11,0 busmen „[• riliv sewer,,"..' system. Ihey were prepan-d to risk 1-licii- ropuiatiyns : ,s cu>jin.-*!-.< by iiavj ing ihe scheme, .-, s ihr-y snl)miitcd it. U:\tln tlie judfimonl of any i.idfueudeiU | en.?inoor who ]a i«ht be seloclod in cxiiinnie it. If il, cv c ii,! nr , t Rat i s f v i,i m in all'phases of the sch.-ive. lh,-v'would not proceed i'lu-Uic-r with it At the conclusion of Air. FdmomU's remarks, the ilayor (Mr. [T. 11. .Tones) saul_thal, the subject wonl.l be dealt will, by die .-onncil v lul O arlv nieoli.i.a. afler which the .I'li.^uicrrs would voeoive its uocisinn.

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