| AdminHistory | This was a joint committee comprising sixteen members from the Birmingham, Walsall, Smethwick, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Wednesbury, Bilston, Darlaston, Perry Barr, Coseley, Tipton, Willenhall, Oldbury, Wednesfield and Rowley Regis Local Authorities. It was first appointed to meet quarterly from January 1922, then being called the Conference of Representatives of Local Authorities in the Tame Basin. The name was changed in April 1923 to the Tame Basin Joint Committee. The committee was disbanded sometime around March 1950, its functions being transferred to the River Boards, under the River Boards Act of 1948.
The committee's main function was to appoint a River Inspector and an Executive Committee for the Tame, and support them in their efforts to keep the river clean. On 1 April 1922, F.L. Wardman was appointed as River Inspector. His duties were to monitor the river for pollutants, ascertain the nature and source of such pollution, liaise with the Surveyor of the Authority concerned and record progress. The Birmingham Tame and Rea District Drainage Board were invited to attend, as were the neighbouring County Councils. |