The work of the Yorkshire Water Authority in supplying water in sewerage and sewage disposal, water conservation and recreation. (film starts suddenly) A man sits at a desk and talks face to camera about retaining the film as it is, even if it is out of date, to keep the continuity and the history. A river and trees in the countryside are shown. Raymond Baxter sits in front of the river, presenting to camera, with a 1ft square dish next to him to demonstrate rain water levels. Raymond...

The work of the Yorkshire Water Authority in supplying water in sewerage and sewage disposal, water conservation and recreation. (film starts suddenly) A man sits at a desk and talks face to camera about retaining the film as it is, even if it is out of date, to keep the continuity and the history. A river and trees in the countryside are shown. Raymond Baxter sits in front of the river, presenting to camera, with a 1ft square dish next to him to demonstrate rain water levels. Raymond Baxter presents to the camera from a field. Rain is shown falling on the earth and leaves. Puddles, trickles, becks, tributaries, rivers, estuaries and the sea are shown. The sun and clouds are shown above the sea. Raymond Baxter walks through a field, continuing to present to the camera, talking about the water cycle and purification of water. Waterfalls and rivers are shown. Title – Yorkshire Water Title – Presented by Raymond Baxter Water coming from a spring is shown. Rivers and reservoirs are shown. A map appears showing the route of the river going through Skipton, Keighley, Bradford, Leeds and Castleford. Aerial countryside shot. River water in the hills is shown. The map appears, showing the sites of the reservoirs surrounding the rivers Aire, Calder, Dearne, Don and Rother. Aerial shots of rivers and reservoirs. Raymond Baxter presenting to the camera in front of Langsett reservoir. A glass bottle is shown labelled ‘Aqua DX80’. A man is shown washing in the bath and turns on the bath tap. The man puts his washing out to dry outside. A toilet is shown flushing. The man washes up plates in the kitchen sink. The man washes his car. The interior of a filter station (which supplies South-West Sheffield) is shown. A man watches a panel of gauges. A chart shows fluctuation in consumption and water demand during the 1975 cup final. A kettle and a toilet is shown. A man fills a glass of water from the sink and drinks it. A man lowers a container into the water to take a sample. The sample is shown being tested and analysed in a lab. A man is shown washing in the bath. He pulls the plug and waste water is shown going down the plug hole. Raymond Baxter presents to camera in front of flowing sewage at Leeds. A landscape shot of the sewage works at Leeds is shown. A mechanical screening system is shown. Raw sewage is shown in a settling tank, followed by it spilling out over the rim of the tank. Raymond Baxter presents to camera, pointing out the direction of the sludge being treated. He then shows the aeration process in the tanks behind him. A trickling filter process is shown. An aerial shot of the filter beds is shown. Water being discharged into the Wyke beck is shown. Raymond Baxter sits outside the sewage works, presenting to camera, showing where the water leaves the sewage works and goes back to the river. The river at Malham is shown. Raymond Baxter presents to the camera in front of a bridge. Raymond Baxter enters a room and shakes hands with Yorkshire Water Authority Chief Executive Arthur Baldwin. They sit down and talk about the responsibility of the Authority. A map of the Yorkshire river system appears, showing the rivers Don, Calder and Aire in the North and the rivers Ouse, Wharf and Derwent. Rivers in Yorkshire are shown. Raymond Baxter fills a glass of what from the river at Bainbridge, and presents it to the camera. Becks and rivers are shown. Aerial shots of rivers are shown. The map of Yorkshire points out the industrial towns/cities which use the Aire, Calder and Don rivers in their production work, and therefore cause pollution (including Bradford, Leeds, Halifax, Dewsbury, Castleford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield). Raymond Baxter holds up a glass of polluted water from a river. Polluted rivers in Castleford are shown. Direct discharge of pollution into the Black Brook is shown. Raymond Baxter presents to camera alongside the Senior Pollution Officer for Yorkshire Water Authority, John Rhodes? He explains different ways in which they can control the pollution. Exterior shots of Huddersfield sewage works are shown. Sewage with chemical waste is shown. Sewage containing metals such as mercury, chromium and zinc is shown. Polluted water at the sewage works is shown. Aerial shot of water treatment site in Halifax. Settlement tanks and filtration processing area are shown. A sack is shown; it is labelled ‘Yorkshire Water Authority By Products Department Ogranifax Fertiliser - for general use, apply 1lb per square yard for lawns apply 4ozs per square yard and repeat monthly as required.’ The polluted river is shown. A sign reads ‘Yorkshire Water Authority’ on a building. Water samples are being tested and analysed in a lab with various pieces of equipment to find any traces of poisonous metals in the water. Polluted rivers are shown. An aerial shot of sewage works is shown. Overflow of sewage at a sewage works is shown being directed straight to the river. A river in the south of Yorkshire is shown. The map of Yorkshire appears. Workers are shown standing with a crane. Cleaner rivers in the north of Yorkshire are shown. The River Derwent is shown. A Yorkshire map appears, which highlights Leeds, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield, and then Elvington Waterworks. An aerial shot of Elvington Waterworks is shown. Raymond Baxter sits at the main control desk in Elvington Waterworks, presenting to the camera. The control panel is shown. Raymond Baxter stands on a walkway above the water coming into the waterworks, presenting to camera. The water at the waterworks is shown being treated with soda and lime in softening tanks. Raymond Baxter presents to the camera in front of some large filter tanks. The interior of the filter tanks being backwashed with air and water is shown. Raymond Baxter presents to the camera in front of the area where the water leaves the plant, in an underground reservoir. A map of Yorkshire appears, showing the original pipeline from Elvington to Leeds, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield. Further pipelines on the map show how the water pipeline has since been developed, including a scheme to get water from the River Derwent to Hull. The sluice gates at Barmby are shown, where the Derwent meets the Ouse. The way in which the tide is directed up the Ouse from the gates is shown. Children playing, families on boats and sitting on the riverbank enjoying themselves upstream are shown. A brass band plays on the back of a boat. People enjoying canoeing and kayaking are shown. A man is shown clearing weeds from the river with an aquatic weed harvester. Fisheries inspectors are seen catching fish with a net and putting them in a bucket of water. People are shown fishing at the side of the river. Raymond Baxter presents to the camera at the side of the river whilst fishing. A fisherman is shown holding his catch before releasing it back into the water. A fish farm is shown where the fish are being fed. Fish are then shown being caught in nets and released into reservoirs. Damflask Reservoir is shown as the site of water sports, with lots of sailboats. A man is shown laid down on the grass near the reservoir resting with his hat over his face. A woman looks around, and a man is shown looking through binoculars at the reservoir. Ducks are shown on the reservoir. A farmer in a tractor on a field is shown, followed by landscape shots of fields. Farm drains are shown. Flooding on fields is shown. Raymond Baxter stands on a walkway and points out part of a flood alleviation scheme below him in Dewsbury. The weir at the site is shown, followed by the area of the river that the water then travels to. Houses nearby to the weir are shown. Raymond Baxter presents to the camera in front of the weir. Animated scales show the expenditure of water, sewage, drainage and balance weighed up against income of water charges, general service charges and other sources. The scales now show how the income increases when the water authority needs to pay debts for capital projects. Raymond Baxter presents to the camera in front of the weir. Children are shown playing in a paddling pool. A car wash is shown. Plates being washed in the sink are shown. A woman washing her hair is shown. A kettle pouring water into a teapot is shown. A dog playing with a hose pipe is shown. A water dam is shown. The extension construction work at Elvington is shown. A brass band are seen drinking pints of beer and then queuing for the bathroom at a pub. A worker is shown in a sewer under Sheffield checking the bricks, and then walking through the water. Civil engineering work at Hull’s new sewage works is shown. Raymond Baxter presents to the camera on the deck of a boat. End Credits: Produced by Ocean Films Ltd. For the Yorkshire Water Authority Written by Stuart Harris Cameraman - Arthur Provis Production Manager - Tom Wadden Editor - Bill Garlick Directed by John Devis