Scottish Water has completed its £3.4 million Tarbert waste water improvement project to help reduce the risk of sewer flooding in Tarbert, Argyll and Bute.
The successful delivery of the improvement project, which began in August 2020, has increased the capacity of the local sewer network to help tackle historic flooding issues.
The major upgrade work involved the installation of 350 metres of upsized sewer pipe and large diameter sewers. Two existing Thomas Telford dry stone culvert crossings had to be negotiated during the works. Beams were constructed over the culverts to support the traffic while protecting their structural integrity. Seven-metre-deep piles were installed to help support thes beams.
Thes major upgrades will also now help prevent items which are wrongly flushed down the toilet, such as wet wipes, from ending up in the sea during severe storm events.
Georgina Reid, Scottish Water’s corporate affairs manager for the west, said:
“There were a few issues which had historically contributed to the flooding in this area.
“The tidal surge, surface water running down the steep hill, and insufficient existing hydraulic capacity on the sewer network, meant that action had to be taken.
“Any sewer flooding causes a great deal of distress for communities, and so it really is great that the increased capacity of the sewer network here will now help reduce that risk.”
The project was delivered by the amey Black and Veatch (aBV) joint venture.
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