The utility company is investing £900,000 to upgrade its Belmont works near Durham City. The project, which involves upgrading various assets and processes, will begin on Tuesday, November 1 2011 and will take up to five months to complete.
Belmont sewage treatment works treats four million litres of wastewater every day from customers in Carrville, Belmont and Shincliffe.
Dean Thompson, project manager for the upgrade, said:
“The work will improve the site’s efficiency and is part of our £1.2 billion investment between 2010 and 2015 to upgrade Northumbrian Water’s vast water and sewerage networks.”
This week the company also started work on a £395,000 scheme to protect three homes in a North Yorkshire village from the risk of flooding.
The improvement scheme in Brotton, which involves installing 320 metres of new sewer pipe, will take up to four months to complete.
Ian Davison, project manager for the scheme, said:
“In times of severely heavy rainfall the sewerage network in this area has struggled to cope with the quantity of storm water.
“Reducing the number of properties that flood in our region is one of our top priorities and we have a continual investment programme to upgrade our assets."
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