| Administrative History | Drumlithie water supply was always considered unreliable, particularly during the typhoid outbreak of 1897. Drainage and related matters was the responsibility of local feuars. Special Water Supply and Drainage Districts were proposed as early as 1899, as the well water in the village was of suspicious and doubtful purity. The Special Drainage District was set up a septic tank system. Both districts were formed in 1900. The water source was the Harvey Well, but pressure was poor and a windmill or hydraulic ram was proposed to help, and the district borrowed £400 for setting up the system. When it was finished in 1902, it was decided that drainage work could begin. However, there were still no sewers by 1925, and in 1935 the area was still without drainage. Drainage was finally in place and extended in 1946 with a grant under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944. A Special Scavenging District was proposed in 1947 by the Local Committee for Public Health, in connexion with a new county refuse scheme. A Special Lighting District was proposed and approved in 1950. The Special Scavenging District was dissolved in 1961 as the area was to be covered by another, grander County refuse scheme. The Special Lighting District converted the installation to sodium lights in 1968, at a cost of £750. |