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Earth Tech Morrison win £8.3 million contract |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
Global engineering company Earth Tech Morrison has been awarded an £8.3 million contract from Yorkshire Water to improve the Eccup water treatment works in Leeds. The aim of the Eccup project is to construct a new treatment stage to remove manganese and carry out base maintenance work on the plant to maintain water quality. Civils work will include installing a new filter block and shaft for a pumping station and increasing wall heights from inlet channels to flocculators to allow throughput of 60 million litres. The project is due for completion in November 2009 and work will start on site in August this year. Norman Johnson, project manager for Earth Tech on the Eccup project, said: "We are delighted to be awarded the Eccup project. It was one of the first treatment works in Yorkshire I worked on earlier in my career and I am looking forward to the challenge the current project offers. Due to the complexity of the project we need to work very closely with all stakeholders to ensure its success. We see this project as an opportunity to cement our relationship with Yorkshire Water and look forward to providing continued high quality water to the city of Leeds."
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