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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...springs and streams on Skiddaw, Storage capacity, 380,000 gals. Filtration, none required. Character of water, soft. Number of meters, 3. Scale of charges--assessment charge, Is. to 2s. in the . Price per 1,000 gals., Is. to 6d. No charge for municipal purposes. Total water rent received, 1,100. Kettering, Northampton. Eailway, M. Distance from London, 72 miles. Authority, Urban District Council. Clerk, John Bond. Engineer and Surveyor, T. B. Smith. Office, Market Place. Interest on loan, 3 per cent. Area supplied, Kettering and Weekley. Works established, 1871. Special Acts, Provisional Orders, 1872, 1889, 1901. Total population supplied, 32,000, estimated. Annual supply of water, 217,600,000 gals. Daily consumption per head, domestic, 21-01 gals.; trade, 9-89 gals. Source of supply, wells and gathering grounds, about 1,800 acres. Kettebing--continued. Storage capacity, storage reservoir, 160,000,000 gals.; service reservoir, 800,000 gals. Character of water, wells about 28; gathering, 13 hardness. System of filtration, sand. Number of meters, 496. Length of mains, 29 miles. Scale of charges--assessment charge, 2,479. Price per 1000 gals, domestic, 2s.; trade, under 25,000 per quarter, 2s.; from 25,000 to 100,000 per quarter, Is. 6d.; over 100,000, Is. 3d.; municipal purposes, Is. Kettle (supplied by Cupar). Keymer, Sussex (supplied by BuRGESS HIll). Kidderminster, Worcestershire. Railways, O.W., L.N.W. Distance from London, 24 wiles. Authority, Kidderminster Urban District Council. Chairman, Alderman E. Parry. Surveyor, Andrew James. Managing Engineer, B. J. Green. Office, Town Hall. Loan capital paid up, 57,574 7s. 6d. Interest on loan, 1,201 Is. 5d. Towns supplied--Stourpor(, 4 miles distant, is supplied by meter at 6...