Obituary

LEONARD FRED PHILLIPS.B.Sc.,F.I.C.E.. M.I.W.E.S., M.I.W.P.C.
Leonard Fred Phillips was born on 5th March 1924 and was educated at Mosely Grammar School and Birmingham University where he graduated in
1945.
Following a few months service with Birmingham Tame and Rea Drainage Board and Oldbury Corporation he joined A.H.S. Waters and Partners as an Assistant under agreement and became a Corporate member
in 1951. During this period he worked on a variety of sewerage and sewage treatment schemes and was Resident Engineer on a water supply scheme for Stone Rural District Council.
In 1952 he moved to West Bromwich County Borough as Assistant and later Principal Assistant Engineer until 1954 when he joined Sheffield Corporation Sewage Disposal Department as Principal Assistant Engineer and was promoted to Deputy General Manager and Engineer in 1960.
Leonard Phillips career in Sheffield and South Yorkshire spanned 26 years and during this period he was responsible for the design and construction of several new sewage treatment works and extensions to numerous others.
Of particular interest was his involvement in the extensions to the Blackburn Meadows Sewage Treatment Works which serves the City of Sheffield. He was particularly involved in the design and construction of the sewage sludge filter pressing plant which at the time was the largest in Britain.
In 1965 the City of Sheffield decided to build two multiple hearth incinerators for the incineration of press cake and much of the success of this scheme was due to the diligence of Leonard Phillips.
During the late nineteen sixties and early nineteen seventies he was responsible to the General Manager for drawing up major development
proposals for extensions to the Primary, Secondary and Sludge Treatment Plants.
Another of his achievements was the design of a new sewage treatment works at Woodhouse Mill,Sheffield. This works was designed to  treat all the flow generated by the Mosborough Development within the City of Sheffield boundary. The first phase of the works is now operational and should provide sewage treatment facilities to the end of the century for the Rother Valley drainage area.
Prior to Local Government Reorganisation in 1974 he was very much involved in ensuring the smooth and effective transfer of control of the sewage treatment units to the new Water Authority.
In 1974 upon Local Government Reorganisation he joined the Southern Division of the Yorkshire Water Authority as Administrative Engineer and despite ill health contributed considerably to the operation and administration of the new Authority.
During a distinguished career in which he made many contributions to Civil Engineering many young engineers benefited from his quiet words and advice.