Bideford Sewage and the Torridge!
engineer's reply to fishery board comment
Northam council press on with sewage into sea planchairman's casting vote stops reconsideration
Sewage into sea, trouble for fishermenBideford and Northam councils
Victory for sewage into seaWorks may be sited near Northam Burrows
Not acceptable17 March 1967
Bideford Sewage and the Torridge!engineer's reply to fishery board comment
Bideford Sewage and the Torridge 28th September 1948
Answer to an allegation, made at a recent meeting of the Taw and Torridge Board of Conservations, that under Bideford's new sewerage scheme a larger volume of sewage would be thrown into the Torridge, is contained in a letter received by the Town Clerk of Bideford, Mr F C Backway, from Mr F W S Stanton, Bideford Borough Council's consulting engineer.
The volume of sewage is equal to that of the water supply, for the water, after use and consumption, enters the sewers as sewage and is discharged through the outfall.
Northam council press on with sewage into sea planchairman's casting vote stops reconsideration
Northam Council press on with sewage into sea plan 11.08.1967
It needed 2 votes from the chairman, Mrs E M Hilder, to prevent Northam Urban Council referring back to the Housing and Public Health Committee a recommendation that for the proposed new sewerage scheme negotiations to continue with Bideford Town Council for an extended sea outfall either at Rocks Nose or at Abbotsham Cliffs.
Submitting the report, the committee chairman, Mr A C Saunders, referred to a study on the Lubeck process widely circulated by a rate payer, Major G A Wilde. The consultants, he said, felt that much of the information it contained was "misleading".
Proposing that the recommendation be referred back, Mr R F Hill said that the people in this locality were living in a effluent rather than an affluent society. As a fighter for lost causes, said Mr R H K Evers, he admired Major Wilde's doggedness. Brigadier T P Keene said that he had been impressed by the possibilities of the Lubeck process.
Sewage into sea, trouble for fishermenBideford and Northam councils
Sewage into sea may mean trouble with fishermen 24.11.1967
Discharge of crude sewage into the sea, as is envisaged for the joint scheme of Bideford Town and Northam Urban Councils, may contravene the legally enforceable by-laws of the Devon Sea Fisheries Committee.
Letter sent by Mr W Badcock, chairman of Devon Sea Fisheries Committee, and others signed by various members of Bideford and Northam Councils who feel that insufficient consideration has been given to schemes other than that for sea disposal.
The accounts presented at the meeting showed that £5 had been contributed towards the fee of an independent consultant engaged after Major C N G Wilde had prepared a study on land-based plant.
Mr M Arnold Kershaw, says that if Major Wilde's study is to be presented as a firm alternative to the sea outfall scheme a number of statements made must be proved or amended.
Victory for sewage into seaWorks may be sited near Northam Burrows
Victory for sewage into sea opponents 20th June 1969 Sewerage
The "Gazette" understands that the drainage scheme that will probably be adopted by Bideford Town and Northam Urban Councils, prompted by Devon County Council, will involve a partial treatment works sited adjacent to Northam Burrows.
This is in spite of the fact that Devon River Authority and the County Planning Committee would prefer a sea outfall, which would cost £5,000 less a year to operate than a landbased scheme.
The councils are likely to be swayed by the fact that Major G Lomas, Cornborough, who owns Abbotsham Cliffs where a sea outfall would be constructed, is implacably opposed to the idea.
News that the sea outfall scheme had, as he phrased it, "gone for a burton" was given to the town council at their meeting on Tuesday by Cllr J W Needs. The town clerk, Mr L B Galliford, had said that any report at this stage would be premature. Cllr G Armstrong pointed out that the next meeting of the council was not until...
Not acceptable17 March 1967
Only two tenders were received by Bideford Rural Council for Abbotsham sewerage scheme, and said the Surveyor, Mr L J Dunn, they were ‘way up’ on the estimate drawn up about 15 months ago.
The Council last week did not accept either. They instructed the Surveyor to go into them and report to the Public Health Committee.
The tenders were: E Thomas and Co, Plymouth, £36, 959; Unwin and Son, Tiverton, £29,040 7s. 3d.
Answering Mr Jack Prince, the Surveyor said that the original estimate had been £22,000. Since then there had been such things as the selective employment tax, but even so the tenders were very high.
Gazette article dated 17 March 1967