In 1871, at the formation of the Local Board, the District had 640 house and a population of 3,204. There was no proper system of Drainage and most houses had a cesspool.
In 1886 land was purchased for the Sewage Farm. The town sewers gravitated into a deep well and pumped to settlement tanks where it was treated lime and alumina ferric. and concrete carriers were laid for distributing the effluent over the land. After a few years, bacteria beds and sludge presses were added. More bacteria beds were added in 1900. All the sewers of Long Eaton are the separate system with storm water going directly to water courses.
By 1905 increased use of WCs is requiring the enlargement of the works and the Medical Officer of Health report noted problems with flooding at the lower end of the works and high cost of transferring sludge to the presses. This had largely been resolved by 1909 and the 1909 MOH Report noted that 3 Circular Filters, each 100 feet in diameter and six feet in depth, have already been constructed, and a 4th is in progress. By increasing the size of the Primary Settlement tank nearest the pumping station the sludge from these tanks could gravitate to the pressing plant instead of the old system requiring chain pumping.
The 1925 LEUDC MOH Report noted that a new Sewage works has been built at Toton replacing the old works at Station Road where the the size o the site was inadequate. Only the Engine House and Screen Chamber remain.
The Grange outdoor swimming baths were opened in 1935 on the site of a former sewage works primary settlement tanks. The baths closed in the late Seventies. (demolished 1990s?)
Abandoned c.1925
In 1871, at the formation of the Local Board, the District had 640 house and a population of 3,204. There was no proper system of Drainage and most houses had a cesspool.
In 1886 land was purchased for the Sewage Farm. The town sewers gravitated into a deep well and pumped to settlement tanks where it was treated lime and alumina ferric. and concrete carriers were laid for distributing the effluent over the land. After a few years, bacteria beds and sludge presses were added. More bacteria beds were added in 1900. All the sewers of Long Eaton are the separate system with storm water going directly to water courses.
By 1905 increased use of WCs is requiring the enlargement of the works and the Medical Officer of Health report noted problems with flooding at the lower end of the works and high cost of transferring sludge to the presses. This had largely been resolved by 1909 and the 1909 MOH Report noted that 3 Circular Filters, each 100 feet in diameter and six feet in depth, have already been constructed, and a 4th is in progress. By increasing the size of the Primary Settlement tank nearest the pumping station the sludge from these tanks could gravitate to the pressing plant instead of the old system requiring chain pumping.
The 1925 LEUDC MOH Report noted that a new Sewage works has been built at Toton replacing the old works at Station Road where the the size o the site was inadequate. Only the Engine House and Screen Chamber remain.
The Grange outdoor swimming baths were opened in 1935 on the site of a former sewage works primary settlement tanks. The baths closed in the late Seventies. (demolished 1990s?)