Anglian Water’s @one Alliance are working across the county upgrading various water recycling centres (WRC), installing new equipment which will remove phosphorous from wastewater to improve the river water quality within Essex.
Phosphorous is widely used in soaps and cleaning products but can be harmful to wildlife when it reaches rivers and other watercourses.
The investment across Essex will total £18.2 million and see the installation of new equipment to reinforce the current water recycling process and will remove even more phosphorous from wastewater. This will help prevent harmful algae growth and improve water quality in local rivers.
Spend on Water Recycling Centres (WRC) across Essex is as follows:
- Billericay £4.5 million
- Thorrington £4.1 million
- Great Bromley £3.4 million
- Gosfield £3.3 million
- Stambourne £2.6 million
The water company is investing £15 million to upgrade various WRCs by installing new equipment which will remove phosphorous across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire as follows:
- Bedfordshire
- Bolnhurst £2.75 million
- Wing £2.57 million
- Thurleigh £1.89 million
- Everton £1.85 million
- Marston Moretaine £1.76 million
- Buckinghamshire
- Great Horwood £2 million
- Hertfordshire
- Bassingbourn £2.11 million
In Norfolk, investment in the following WRCs will total to £4.8 million:
- Swardeston Common £1.9 million
- Carbrooke Church End £1.4 million
- East Harling £675,000
- Coney Weston £529,000
- Thetford £338,000
Phosphorous is widely used in soaps and cleaning products but can be harmful to wildlife when it reaches rivers and other watercourses. P removal will help prevent harmful algae growth and improve water quality in local rivers.
According to Anglian Water, sustained investment from the water industry into schemes like these over the last 30 years has seen the concentration of phosphorus in rivers reduced by 80%.
Regan Harris, spokesperson for Anglian Water, said:
“Our current environmental investment programme is one of the biggest in the sector.
“We know how important rivers and the wider environment are to our customers and local communities. That’s why we’ve pledged through our Get River Positive programme that our water recycling processes will not harm rivers.”
Get River Positive was launched by Anglian Water and Severn Trent in 2022. The plan includes five pledges to transform river water quality across their regions and demonstrates a clear and actionable response to calls for a revival of rivers in England. Central to the pledges is a commitment that work carried out by the two water companies will ensure storm overflows and sewage treatment works do not harm rivers.
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