The water supply, sewerage, and drainage of Sydney : an account of the development and history of the water supply, sewerage and drainage systems of Sydney and the near South Coast from their beginnings with the first settlement to 1960
Aird, W. V.1961
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The history of the Sydney Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board and its management of Sydney's sewerage, drainage and water supply system
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Sydney NSW : Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board, 1961
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347 pages illustrations photographs
Contents:
The Tank Stream -- Busby's Bore-Sydney's second source of Water Supply 1830 to 1858 -- The Botany Swamps-Sydney's third source of Water Supply 1858 to 1886 -- Upper Nepean Scheme-Sydney's fourth source of Water Supply, Initial Stage 1867-1888 -- Hudson's Temporary Scheme 1886-1888 -- Catchment Areas-Selection, Control and Management -- Water Supply System-Development since 1888, Head Works -- Southern Water Distribution System (Metropolitan), Development since 1888 -- Northern Water Distribution System (Metropolitan), Development since 1888 -- Independent Water Supply Schemes Taken Over by the Board and Absorbed in the Metropolitan System -- Woronora River Works-Sydney's fifth source of Water Supply -- Wollongong and Near South Coast Water Supply -- Richmond Water Supply -- The Warragamba Development -- Water Supplies to Outer Areas and Country Centres -- Water Supply Distribution Maps -- Initial Combined Sewerage and Drainage System under City Council's Control 1857-89 -- Northern (now Bondi) Ocean Outfall System -- Southern (Botany Bay Sewage Farm Outfall) System -- Western and Illawarra Suburbs (Rockdale Sewage Farm Outfall) System -- Southern and Western Ocean Outfall Sewer-First Phase - Southern and Western Suburbs Ocean Outfall Sewer-Second Phase -- North Sydne-Mosman System -- Willoughby-Chatswood System -- The Sewerage of Parramatta -- Northern Suburbs Ocean Outfall Sewer -- Hornsby Sewerage System -- Manly Sewerage System -- Randwick Sewerage System -- Vaucluse and Diamond Bay (Ocean Outfall) Sewerage Systems -- Wollongong Sewerage System -- The Low-Level Sewerage Pumping System -- Sewerage Services to Outer Areas Removed from Main Outfall Systems -- Kingsford Smith Airport-Effect on Board Property, Major Works and Services -- Stormwater Drainage -- The Contribution of the Board to the War Effort 1939-1945 -- The Board-Its Constitution, Responsibilities and Procedure -- The Rating System and Methods of Charge for Services -- Finance -- Appendices
Dewey class:
628.0994
Language:
English
Subject:
Water supply -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- HistoryStorm-water drainage basins (Engineering) -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- HistoryWater resources development -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- HistoryDrainage pipes (Engineering) -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- HistorySewage disposal -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- HistoryWater supply -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- MapsWarragamba Dam (NSW)NSW (New South Wales)
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10419