The water supply and sewerage of Sydney : being an account of the development and history of the water supply and sewerage systems of Sydney and the South Coast from their inception to the end of the first 50 years of control by a Board specially constituted for the purpose
Henry, F. J. J.UUUU
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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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Imprint:
Sydney : NSW, Halstead Press 1939
Collation:
224 pages diagrams maps
Contents:
The Board-Its Constitution, Responsibilities and Procedure -- Rating, Finance and Guarantees -- Water Supply: The Tank Stream-Sydney's main source of Water Supply 1788 to 1826 -- 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 and present source of Water Supply, Initial Stage 1867-1888 -- Hudson's Temporary Scheme 1886-1888 -- Upper Nepean Scheme, Development since 1888-General -- Upper Nepean Scheme, Development since 1888-Head Works -- Upper Nepean Scheme, Development since 1888-Southern Distribution System (Metropolitan) -- Upper Nepean Scheme, Development since 1888-Northern Distribution System (Metropolitan) -- Upper Nepean Scheme, Development since 1888-Country Water Supplies -- Independent water supply schemes absorbed in the General Metropolitan System -- Wollongong and South Coast water supply -- Woronora and Warragamba Developmental Works -- Richmond Water Supply -- Water Supply Reticulation -- Sewerage: Initial Combined Sewerage and Drainage System under City Council's control 1857-1889 -- Governmental (Sewage and Health Board's) scheme of 1877. Interception of Harbour Outfall sewers -- 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 Suburbs Ocean Outfall Sewer-First Phase -- Southern and Western Suburbs Ocean Outfall Sewer-Second Phase and North Georges River Submain -- North Sydney-Mosman Sewerage -- Willoughby-Chatswood System -- Parramatta Sewerage -- Northern Suburbs Ocean Outfall Sewer, absorbing North Sydney-Mosman, Willoughby-Chatswood, and Parramatta Systems, and serving Northern and far Western Suburbs -- Hornsby Sewerage System -- Manly Sewerage System -- Randwick Sewerage System -- Vaucluse and Diamond Bay (Ocean Outfall) Sewerage Systems -- Wollongong Sewerage System -- Drainage: Stormwater Drainage
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)
BRN:
38050
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 628.0994 WAT | Available |
| Research | Local Book | 628.0994 WAT | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |