A £10 million Scottish Water project which will maintain and improve the environment of Stromness Harbour has reached completion.
The project has seen a major upgrade to the local waste water network, modernising the historic infrastructure serving the town and ensuring all Scottish Water sewers within Stromness are connected to the town’s waste water treatment works at Bu Point.
The work involved the creation of an interlinked system of rising mains and gravity sewers, together with pumping stations, around the town’s harbour-front. The project has been delivered by Scottish Water’s alliance partner, amey-Black & Veatch (aBV).
Steve Scott of Scottish Water said:
“The work that has been done in Stromness over recent years is important for the community’s future and is delivering significant improvement to the local environment.
“Working in the heart of a historic community and a working port brings some challenges and we recognise that elements of the work have involved disruption - including restricted access, tides and laying new sewers in rock.”
aBV’s Site Manager Chris Wright said the completion of the project, which will provide Stromness with the modern infrastructure it needs, represented the culmination of several years’ work.
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