Manufacturers and the Rivers Pollution Prevention Acts
Abstract
Manufacturers and the Rivers Pollution Prevention Acts SAGE Publications, Inc.1903DOI: 10.1177/146642400302400324 A.G.Leigh (MEMBER.) IT is, I believe, no exaggeration to say that, of the good work accom- JL phshcd through the medium of this Institute in recent years, none stands out more prominently than that associated with the progress of local authorities in their endeavours to comply with the requirements of the Rivers Pollution Prevention Acts. So pronounced, indeed, is this feature in the remarkable success achieved, that one instinctively turns to the other great factor concerned, viz., the manufacturer, with a feeling that, if lie is to make corresponding progress, it will be necessary to extend to him a little more consideration. In renecting upon the position of the manufacturer some sympathy is due to him, not solely because he has been compelled to make a considerable expenditure of money in the lllstallaltloll and maintenance of the necessary. works of purincation, but more particularly because lie derives no appreciable benefit from tat outlay, and is further beset with dimculties wllich; without scientific aid, he cannot overcome. The efficient working of the plant of some manufacturers entails a large annual expense, especially considering such collective items as pumping,