Reports from Commissioners, Volume 33

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Ordered to be printed, 1869
 

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Contents

Conduits to bring the water to London
46
Early artificial conduits
95
Morryss London Bridge waterworks
96
The New River
97
Early water companies
98
Waterworks in the south of London
99
Extensions and improvements Introduction of iron street mains
100
New companies in the west
101
And in the east and south
102
Combination to raise the rates in 1821
103
Scientific inquiry in 1828 as to the quality of the water
104
Introduction of filtration
105
Mr Telfords plan for new sources
106
Deterioration of the state of the river
107
Removal of the Lambeth Companys intake to a point above the tideway
108
Proposals of the General Board of Health
109
Chemical Commission of 1851
112
Consequent alterations in the works of
113
Description of the present arrangements for the supply of London
114
The New River Company
115
The East London Company
116
The Chelsea Company
117
The West Middlesex Company
118
The Grand Junction Company
119
The Lambeth Company
120
The Southwark and Vauxhall Company
121
The Kent Company
122
The Charing Cross well and the Grays works
123
General statistics of the water supply
124
Distribution
125
Commission on the pollution of rivers Report on the Thames Conservancy Act of 1866
126
Report on the Lee East London Bills Parliamentary inquiry of 1867
127
Report of the Committee
128
PART IV
129
Question of the eligibility of the Thames basin as a source of supply for the metropolis
130
SECTION I
131
Portion of the basin to be considered Length and course of the river
132
Rainfall and quantity flowing
133
Volume of the stream at Hampton
134
Mr Batemans views
135
Views of other witnesses
136
Minimum volume at present
137
Quantity of water which the companies are empowered to take
138
The present minimum quantity may be increased by storage reservoirs
139
Evidence on this point
140
Inferences from this evidence
141
Present quantity flowing down the river
142
Evidence on its capacity for increase
143
Reservoirs near London
144
Evidence on this
145
Erroneous views
146
Opinions of the Commission Summary
147
What quantity the Thames basin will yield
148
Great importance of this subject
149
Short notice of former improvements
150
Division of this part of the inquiry
151
Previous analyses of the water made at various times
152
Analyses specially made for this Commission
153
Distinction between inorganic and organic con tents
154
Inorganic contents of Thames water
155
Cause of hardness
156
General nature of hardness in water
157
Dr Clarks test
158
Hardness of the Thames water
159
Objections brought against the water on this ground
160
Effects of hardness on the use of the water for various purposes
161
General remarks of the Chemical Commission on this subject
162
Views of the Board of Health and of the Chemical Commission on this point
163
Evidence given before this Commission
164
Opinion of this Commission thereon
165
Views of the Board of Health
166
And of the Chemical Commission
167
Evidence
168
Opinion of this Commission
169
FOR WASHING AND FOR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES 170 Views of the Board of Health
170
And of the Chemical Commission
171
Evidence
172
Opinion of this Commission
173
Action of soft water on lead and iron its general solvent power Advantage of water from the present sources in these and other particulars
174
Dr Clarks softening process evidence thereon 176 Opinion of the Commision ON THE ORGANIC IMPURITIES AND CONTAMINATION OF THE ...
176
Difficulty of the subject
177
How streams become contaminated with organic matter
178
Mr Batemans estimate of quantity 14 Objections
263
Storage reservoirs
274
Objections
298
Quality of the water
310
Influence on this of the nature of the ground 19 Analyses of water
445
ERRATUM 1
1
1 Cultivated land 21 2 Manufactories
10
3 Mineral workings
22
4 Peat
23
5 Action on lead
24
Estimates of outlay
25
Justification for the same
26
Objections to the sufficiency of the estimate
27
Financial scheme compulsory rating
28
Analogy to the Glasgow works
29
Introductory PLAN
30
Practicability of the scheme
31
Uncertainty of estimates of outlay
32
And of the calculation of income and expenditure
33
Doubtful economy of the scheme
34
Pumping would still be required to a considerable extent
35
On the quality of the water
36
On the quantity of water obtainable
37
Probable opposition
38
Danger of so large a population being solely dependent on one supply
39
Danger of the collection of such large bodies of water at the head of the Severn valley
40
Messrs Hemans and Hassards plan
41
Reasons in its favour
42
General description
43
Area of the districts
44
Rainfall and quantity of water
45
Storage
46
Conduit to London
47
Supply to other towns on the
48
Proposed additional supply from Bala Lake
49
Estimate
50
Financial scheme
51
Quality of the water
52
Remarks by the Commission on this scheme MR HAMILTON FULTONS PLAN
53
Description
54
Remarks by the Commission MR REMINGTONS PLAN
55
Description and remarks
56
Description and remarks
57
Insufficient experience with plans of this kind
58
Their testing by the long drought of 1868
60
Causes of this
61
Irregularity of rainfall
62
Difficulties with storage
63
No failure during this drought with the Thames or the
64
List of plans involving sources of this kind
65
From the Thames or its tributaries
66
Mr McCleans plan
67
Mr Bailey Dentons plan
68
Mr Browns proposals
69
Mr Bravenders proposals
70
From the
71
Mr Mylnes plan
72
From the Chalk Remarks on this source
73
Mr Clutterbucks suggestions
74
Mr Homershams suggestions
75
Mr Barlows suggestions
76
Mr Meesons suggestions
77
Miscellaneous Mr Hennells scheme
78
Mr Ewens scheme
79
Mr Telford McNeils scheme
80
Remarks on these various plans
81
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SOURCES AND SPRINGS IN THE THAMES BASIN 82 Resources of the Thames basin
82
Illustrative maps
83
Area rainfall average flow and general features of the Thames basin
84
Geological sections
85
General conditions of the subterranean storage
86
The Tertiary strata
87
The Chalk
88
The Greensands
89
The Wealden strata
90
The strata overlying the Oolites
91
The Great and Inferior Oolites
92
Proportion of the rainfall absorbed by permeable strata
93
Importance of this condition for the metropolitan supply
94
GENERAL INDEX 131
131
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES 140
140

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TitleReports from Commissioners, Volume 33
Reports from Commissioners, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
AuthorGreat Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
PublisherOrdered to be printed, 1869
Original fromOxford University
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