Ontario Provincial Board of Health Annual Report, 1910
Reports of Medical Inspector, R. W. Bell, M.D. Pg. 27
(July 7th, 1910.)
To the Chairman and Members, Provincial Board of Health, Ontario.
Gentlemen, — At your meeting in December last you approved of plans for a sewage disposal plant in the Town of Oshawa on what is known as the Ritson farm in the eastern part of the town, the effluent being discharged into a small creek near the present outfall.
Owing to pending suits for damages, and which are likely to be continued, even with the approved change and possibly successful, the Corporation are now presenting amended plans for approval, wherein it is proposed to pipe the sewage across several farms through which they now have the right granted, to a point about two-thirds of a mile further south on the Henry farm, which it is intended to purchase, retaining such portion as may be required for liquifying tanks, selling the balance without recourse against the Corporation for damages. The effluent will be discharged into the same creek as previously approved of and thence flow into the marsh shown on the plan adjoining the lake shore. I looked over the situation on 5th July inst. and recommend the amended plans being approved of, subject to any future change which you may require should the effluent ever prove a nuisance.