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Actions	Galway County Council / Water Services/ Pumps & Wells Remove from selection Add to selection TitleGalway County Council / Water Services/ Pumps & Wells RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceGC/WS/PW/ Date1947 - 1997? CreatorGalway County Council Scope and Content Incomplete series of files relating to proposed and established water pumps and wells throughout the county. Many include petitions from local residents requesting the sinking of a well and erection of a pump, internal correspondence regarding the sites for sinking a well, the maintenance and repair of pumps, such as between the County Medical Officer of Health (pre 1971) and the County Engineer with recommendations for pumps, details of conditions of the quality of the drinking water, may also include letters of complaint on the condition of the water or damage to pumps, and from circa 1980s files may include Western Health Board water analysis reports. Pumps and wells were gradually abandoned when replaced by Group Water and Regional Water schemes. Extent305 files / 9 boxes Archival historyContinually in the custody of Galway County Council. SubjectWater schemes Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives. Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access. Levelseries Hierarchy browser GC/ Galway County Council 1899-fonds contains 23 parts GC/WS Water Services sub-fonds contains 5 parts GC/WS/PW/ Galway County Council / Water Services/ Pumps & Wells 1947 - 1997?series contains 309 parts

TitleGalway County Council / Water Services/ Pumps & Wells

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceGC/WS/PW/

Date1947 - 1997?

Scope and Content

Incomplete series of files relating to proposed and established water pumps and wells throughout the county. Many include petitions from local residents requesting the sinking of a well and erection of a pump, internal correspondence regarding the sites for sinking a well, the maintenance and repair of pumps, such as between the County Medical Officer of Health (pre 1971) and the County Engineer with recommendations for pumps, details of conditions of the quality of the drinking water, may also include letters of complaint on the condition of the water or damage to pumps, and from circa 1980s files may include Western Health Board water analysis reports.

Pumps and wells were gradually abandoned when replaced by Group Water and Regional Water schemes.

Extent305 files / 9 boxes

Archival historyContinually in the custody of Galway County Council.

SubjectWater schemes

Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.

Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.

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