Work on Scottish Water’s £15 million pound investment project in Glasgow’s West End to help improve the environment and water quality in the River Kelvin is now under way.
The project is being delivered by Scottish Water’s alliance partner amey Black and Veatch (aBV) and involves the installation of new and improved waste water infrastructure, including underground Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) chambers and upgraded pipework.
The new infrastructure will help prevent items which are wrongly flushed down the toilet – items like rags, baby wipes, plastic cotton buds, etc. - from overflowing into the River Kelvin during severe storm events and reduce the frequency and volume of waste water spillages in storm conditions.
Preparatory work for the £15 million project which will span eleven sites along the Kelvin Walkway has started this week.
An archaeological dig will also be carried out as part of the preparatory works. Expected to begin mid-March, the dig will take place at the site of the former North Woodside Flint Mill and will ensure that anything of historical importance on this heritage site is protected and preserved.
The first phase of construction will commence in late February with the majority of the construction phase commencing in early summer 2019.
Work on the entire project is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2020.
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
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