Scottish Water is progressing a £15 million project at Turriff Water Treatment Works which involved the design, build and testing some of the most complex new equipment off-site, on a modular basis.
The upgrade will help to ensure the site can continue to provide local communities with a reliable supply of clear, fresh drinking water for many years to come. It will also enhance the site’s resilience to power cuts, reducing the risk of disruption from future storms like Arwen, Malik and Corrie which hit the north-east this winter.
Visiting the site, MP for Banff and BuchanBanff and Buchan MP David Duguid welcomed the opportunity to learn about the work Scottish Water is doing to encourage more responsible use of the water network.
He was shown around the works by Scottish Water’s local water operations team leader Darren Still and investment delivery project manager Jim Gordon.
The Water Treatment Works at Turriff is one of Scottish Water’s strategic sites in the north-east, drawing water from the River Deveron and supplying around 80,000 customers every day. It serves the region in combination with 3 other large Water Treatment Works with interconnected water networks.
Jim Gordon said:
“One of the biggest challenges with the kind of work we’re doing at Turriff is delivering significant construction work while ensuring the site can continue to supply drinking water to customers throughout.
“We’ve worked very hard with our supply chain and with the local operational team to find the best ways of doing that. Our lead contractor RSE (Ross-shire Engineering) has used their Water Technologies Centre in Muir of Ord to design, build and test some of the most complex new equipment off-site, on a modular basis.
“This means that in the course of a few carefully planned deliveries to the site in Turriff, rapid progress has been made with fewer road miles, reduced disruption to the local community and less impact on the day-to-day operation of the site.”
Some of the key equipment at Turriff was nearing the end of its operational life, but the current project brings significant modernisation, including a new Motor Control Centre (MCC) and standby generator.
The 10 Rapid Gravity Filters which form the main part of the water treatment process will all be refurbished and upgraded, with work expected to be complete by summer 2023.
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