THE SEPTIC TANK.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13356, 21 December 1906, Page 4

THE SEPTIC TANK.

-At tKe ißorough Cpuncii.ptjeting;^ . Thursday evening the Borough 'Engineer, laid 1 the following letter from/^ffir R- I>. Meatayar, pa .the table-.(r-Ilkik-glad to hear that the tamk ia iworkxng satisfactorily; carrying the effluent across the stream into, = deep water / was suggested by me'to Wt Gibb"©!! soon after th© tank "was started, but |he that by diverging a portion, of the stream by some F boulders in the bed, so as to throw some part of the stream 1 water against the wall of jibe outiltit, ha would get as good results at less cost.. iYqu wiE probably, ;fmdit necessary to secure the outlet pipes jn so!me way ,to prevent thsm Sppstk liemg undermined . at, flood 1 times, Itod the risk! q^this isllhe palsy; objectio^tcl .taking thtooi right across the stream,. I suppose yon have done nothing, fur 1 - v ther to the orifice between: the colipotr« ing chaanber and ihe silt pit. A^ - 1 mentioned; to you jwiien: I vwas .in iNew Plymouthy if tKe orifice is. kept of ; the .increased! size^ itjwili no loaxg<ac act Jas a regulator to prevent el»e adtoiss\oa of excess 1 of atormT "W»ter; aadl m the f uture i when a large num-bef* of houses are/ccwmecteH with ithe- ipaik, 'there will' be a, danger of the rush' of storm .-water (Washing, up the taafc/de* posits atfd? materially 'interferimg mitt its pnoper action. ''Any. violent diafcurbaiice or -the deposits twill Kave »• Aen- . ;^«ncy to clog up the outlet filter, 'tariff tviilniecessitate ' renewal of the filtering material. 'The regulating wedrfwas ! denned *6 avoid taia cofftongenoy; oj course'if strict 1 Measures are adopted to ensure aH storm, swater. being ex'eluded KM this sewers, -*he dafige* redact"" *6 a mindimuanv x and! jfetfo^ that : you fully' understand tion, ' aind-sp lo«g as you axe th^e JiH seethat'Ui«stormi water is excluded,. bxitmy.fear is that. Some time, or other you Wffl leave, and U*ere,,iß no guarantee' tha^yaur successor ,wi^e 6 ..7_-. < "-•?..'

i as particular. . - I Mr Kendall also . submitted hij^ reply :-I am pleaded- to 1 say that very | few complaints of any note have been . Imade about the septic tank .for. some tame, and rftrnßt-vtfee last of these with any ground, has been received. The effluent pipe* conitinuatiqn. I have bad laidinihcX-ed of the stream, and , am hoping' that any scour at flood times will , not go bolow the top ,ot tlie pipes, but I have «tliem at all times uoidan observation, -and will immediately take steps, to mpre strongly? secure thani if such a course appears .nebesßary.,..Th»' orifice- between. *be collecting chamber, and the , silt -p^t ia (just as it was left after your last visit to Ne^lJwoutU, Storm wate* faaff, so far/ been rigidly excluded {rout • tf4«se^^bu^'sliorft^an:y jfegtf* *risel where it is ■ : ahscfaitdy' impossible to , exclude the same from aany future private 1 connection, any alteration you I^est* ; «htfrF '«c- immediately - out, unless , you, insider .^u'cK a coursd impera^vft «*• the present ,'jtim.e,; whetf it will h'aW'to bp; talcen.in .hand «,t once. SinceJlhe opening* .was; t made larger the 'sewers ha\'e, oa every inspection ' '(whicfi I • hav« '"TrelqvenWy made) been foimd to be working v«ry well indeed, and no untoward mci* dent has^ occurred. I thanlt you fo* ! pointing possible sources of danger, and wil keep before', your advice oj^^s^.-m^^er..^,.,. Both letters" were referred to the Drainage CotoinatiteS. ' , ' , -

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