DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE.
POSITION IN NEW PLYMOUTH. REPORT BY THE ENGINEER. In response to a request from the New Plymouth Borough Council the engineer (Mr. W. H. Cook) submitted a report on the question of sewage disposal. The report, which will be dealt with at next week’s meeting, states, inter alia: : ‘I understand the council is at present more concerned with the actual discharge than, the treatment of the sewage, and, that being the case, there is no necessity on my part to go exhaustively into such methods as precipitation, activated sewage, etc. The question can be confined to two methods: (1) Land treatment, with a view to production; (2) discharge into the sea.” After reviewing both of these methods Mr. Cook states: “I am of opinion that the most economical method would be found in adopting tbe discharge into the sea from storage tanks, and by dividing the borough into four to six areas, each with its separate discharge outlet, a scheme would cost much less than any other mentioned herein. Whether such can be safely adopted can only be determined from collected data. If, on the other hand, it is found that one outlet only is available, and that on the outskirts of the borough, necessitating pumping, then I consider very serious consideration should be given to using the effluent upon the soil before allowing it to waste into the sea; by this means at least part of the annual expense of running the plant may be paid for.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1922, Page 4
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251DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE. Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1922, Page 4
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