SEWAGE DISPOSAL
A COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME HUGE AMOUNT INVOLVED (Pei: United Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 23. The Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board to-night adopted a comprehensive scheme for the. drainage of the southern area of the metropolitan district with treatment works and outfall at Brown’s Island. This scheme, which will ultimately involve an expenditure of £1,564.000, was recommended bv the secretaryengineer (Mr H. H. Watkins) in a report presented to the board in' December, 1931, following a tour abroad, during which he examined and studied every known method of sewage disposal. The chairman of the board (Sir Ernest Davis) said the decision to proceed with the scheme marked a momentous stage in the drainage history of Auckland.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23225, 24 June 1937, Page 12
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116SEWAGE DISPOSAL Otago Daily Times, Issue 23225, 24 June 1937, Page 12
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