White foods from heavy raintatt occasionally oceur- in the. Sellement north "of the Soochow" Creek. they 'Quickly' "drain "away" on seeoint of the' proximity either of the river a creek." The mont troublesome cour at the western end of the Western District and. in' the. extras Selloment Area beyond, When this area was fest opened up by Municipal Fonds, nothing more than, semi-rural Fesidential development was expected 8nd sullable' drainage was. provided building progressed. "But all this Work was stopped after the formation of the late City Government by their Slrielprohfoition of "all fora of Municipal improvement, so that man of the roads all lack suitable drain. 'g0 even for residential development The recent unexpected and uncontrolled "industrial development me volving the raising of land and. Alling ponds "and tributary creeks. has destroyed a great part of the storage capacity, of the aren for Mood, water Which ¥ if! consequently discharged {nto the" adjoining: Munielpel reese And thence Into. the Western extras the "Settlement drainage was never designed 10 {take drainage from beyond the Settie-
As recently x the 17th of ast month the river rose more than (we feet above the lowest parts Of the district and flooded parts of the Bund dens. but the system which is.almost auiomatie kept the district dry.
The low area near the department stores which is Hable to tidal Nooding from the drains hi with street prevent water ising them' on to the roads. able for removing water which cal Tects either (rom rainfall or prolonged discharge of the domestic supply while the high tide lasts. But Fangements are being made 10 per-mil flood water {o drain fo the near fest sewage pump station and to install a special pump there to handle it.
In the parts of the Northern Dis trict which are subject to occasional tidal flooding. ball valves are being fitted to the gullies, The importance that Mooding from {his cause might assume was revealed uring June last year when the {ail amounting to nearly kept parts of the district atinost Cone he average figure. for a year
ously Mooded for four weeks.
Uncontrotied sullding No such excessive rainfall was ex peded to occur in two successive Years, but as the ucontrotled build ing continued, it was felt necessary to do everything possible without incurring serious expense to modera the effects of any heavy downpours, The continuous routine drain cleaning which is required to keep our flat drainage system suflciently free from accumulations of silt, was sup-
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