COLONEL WYNDHAM MURBAY (Bath)To ask the Secretary of State for War whether any drainage takes place from Bordon Camp, Hampshire, into the sources of the River Wey, which, flows into the Thames; and, if so, what steps are being taken by the military authorities to prevent pollution of the rivers.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Arnold-Forster,) No unpurified sewage from Bordon Camp discharges into the River Wey. The effluent from the Bordon sewage works eventually finds its way, as must any such discharge in that locality, into the Wey, which, is the natural watercourse draining that area. Difficulties have been experienced in attaining the degree of purification of the effluent desired by the river authorities, and the matter has been and is receiving very special attention, and every endeavour is being made to put matters upon a proper footing.