Unique IDAY-0101DescriptionDrainage works and maintenance.
Provision of drainage services to the city. Note, during the nineteenth century the terms 'sewerage' and 'drainage' were sometimes used interchangeably. See also Activity 45 for specifically sewerage-related activity.
Council continued to retain a responsibility for drainage matters after 1888, in so far as responsibility for street engineering included stormwater runoff and management (see CRS 12, Minutes of the Works Committee).CreationSydney Corporation Act 1842, ss82-88
Council responsible for waterworks and sewers.AbolitionMetropolitan Water & Sewerage Act 1888
Council responsibilities transferred to a new body (Metropolitan Water Sewerage & Drainage Board).
Start date1st November 1842End date1st November 1842Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Streets engineering FN-0016 (01/11/1842)
RELATED TO: Water supply, sewerage and drainage FN-0015 (01/11/1842 to 31/12/1888)