GENERAL PROJECT

Aldbrough St John Sewage Treatment Works Upgrade

As part of the Water Industry National Environmental Programme (WINEP), we are investing £3.5 million to improve our treatment provision at Aldbrough sewage treatment works to improve the quality of effluent discharging to Aldbrough Beck and meet the demands of an increasing population in the wider catchment. The upgrade work will include the construction / installation of new inlet screens, primary settlement and storm treatment along with associated mechanical and electrical refurbishment. Our sewage treatment works aid NWL in improving the quality of rivers and coastal waters for the benefit of people, the environment and wildlife.

Project updates

Update by Bethany Oakley

Good afternoon, 

Happy Friday!

The Site Team have reported a tree that has blown over on the road outside of the Site entrance and is blocking the road between the Site and the Village. We are also aware that the BT cable has snapped when the tree has blown over. BT and the Police have been made aware. 

Take care and stay safe,

Bethany

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Update by Bethany Oakley

Good morning everyone,

Happy Monday. I hope you’re all well and settling into 2025.

The Team on Site have made some great progress this last month so far so I wanted to share this with you:

We have powered up the new MCC on the 2nd of January, when we returned after the Christmas break and this week, we successfully turned a flow through our works meeting our programme date.  

The flows now run through the new Inlet Screen, Balance Tank, Primary Settlement Tank and Syphon Chamber before being distributed on the Filter by the new distributor arms and the improvements we have made mean the works can now treat more sewage before a spill to storm occurs.

The next stage for us is to convert the existing Primary Settlement Tanks into Storm Tanks to increase the Storm water storage capacity of the works.

Ad you can see, this is a great start to the year for sure.

If you have any questions that you’d like to ask us regarding the works, then please don’t hesitate to add a comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond as soon as possible.

Take care and speak soon,

Bethany

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Update by Bethany Oakley

Good afternoon all,

I hope you’re well.

I wanted to share a final update for the year so that you are aware of some recent progress made by the Team on Site.

  • Rising main pump plinth 2 reinforcement installed and concrete poured.
  • Rising main 2 Stainless Steel suction pipework installed
  • Rising main 1 Stainless Steel inlet pipework installed
  • Storm tank footpath and aco drainage constructed.
  • Inlet channel cored through to confirm reinforcement depth, good news no change to our current design required.
  • Prepped road and chambers ready for final road pour this week.

In the event that you require some assistance in our absence during the Christmas Break, please contact 07813 406 984.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2025.

Take care,

Bethany

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Update by Bethany Oakley

Good afternoon all and happy Wednesday!

I hope you’re having a good week so far.

I have some excellent progress to share with you this month, thanks to the Team on Site and I have also included some photographs so that you can take a look.

We have made the most of the surprisingly good autumnal weather and have had a very productive month on site.

  • All the intrusive connections went well and are now complete.
  • New filter arms and distributor have been installed.
  • The new inlet screen is now complete.
  • The Syphon chamber is under construction.
  • We have commenced with the construction of footpaths and installation of above ground pipe work.
  • The electrical installation is also going well with all new cables installed site wide. 

As always, if you’d like to ask us any questions regarding the Project, please don’t hesitate to add a comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond accordingly.

Take care and speak soon,

Bethany

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Update by Bethany Oakley

Hi all and good afternoon,

Hope your week has been great, we’re nearly at the weekend now!

I wanted to update you on the progress made by the Site Team, it certainly has been a good month!

  • The new PST is now complete and has passed it's water test.
  • The new MCC and MCC kiosk have been installed.
  • NPG have completed a power upgrade to the works and the electrical install has commenced.
  • The new Inlet works gantry is now 100% complete.
  • We have just completed the connection onto the incoming rising main pipe to enable us to divert flows through the new works.

As the project Project progresses, we may take advantage of weekend working to continue with the great progress.

I have also added some photos for you to take a look at.

 As always, if you’d like to ask us anything regarding the works, please don’t hesitate to add a comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond accordingly.

Take care and speak soon!

Bethany

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Update by Bethany Oakley

Good morning, happy Friday!

Hope you’re all well and had a great week.

I wanted to jump on to provide an update on the recent progress that the Team have made on Site recently.

Goodwin have been onto the Site to install PST (photo attached).

The storm pump plinth has now been complete, and we have also rodded and carried out a clean to the existing draw pits.

I know this is only a short and sweet update but as always, if there is anything that you’d like to ask us, please add a comment in the box below and a member of the project team will respond.

Thank you and have a brilliant weekend.

Bethany

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Update by Bethany Oakley

Good morning, everyone,

Following our previous update last month, I thought I'd jump on and give you a further update on the progression to the Aldbrough St John STW.

As always, the Team have been working hard and in doing so, the construction of the PST base has now been completed (photos below) and the contractor, Goodwins are lined up to install the PST – this will be carried out week commencing 2nd September.

The Team have also commenced work on the new storm pump plinths and access road along with starting to plan the first couple of pipe connections to the existing pipe work.

We are hoping to have all the supporting metal work in place for the Inlet works and MCC Kiosk by the end of next month.

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the week. If you have any questions you’d like to ask us regarding the work, please add a comment below and one of the Project Team will respond as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Bethany

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Update by Bethany Oakley

Good afternoon,

I hope you are well.

I'd firstly like to introduce myself, my name is Bethany Oakley and I am a Customer Liaison Officer for Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB). Going forward, I will be taking on the Aldbrough Sewage Treatment Works works and will therefore be keeping you up to speed with the works and providing updates on the Customer Portal.

I wanted to give you a quick update on the progress following the last update and I will also include some photos.

The Site Team have installed new ducts & drawpits and have also completed concrete slabs for the new MCC kiosk and inlet works.  

Just this week we have commenced construction of the new primary settlement tank.

Should you have any questions or concerns that you'd like to raise with us, please pop a comment in the box below and a member of the Project Team will respond. 

Speak soon!

Bethany

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Update by Sarah Jayne Parvin

The last few weeks has seen our team complete investigatory works on existing assets and remove abandoned underground structures. We’ve also had diversionary works of an overhead BT line carried out to enable safe excavation of ducting for new electrical feeds to the site. In the background the team have been working hard to deliver design drawings to the site team and the next few weeks should see the team complete civil works for the new kiosk as well as the commencement of excavations for a our new Primary Settlement Tank. Hopefully this is the start of some fine weather which will help the site team make some good progress.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below, and a member of the project team will respond.

You can also reach out to the MMB Customer Team at MMBcustomerserviceteam@mottmac.com.

Thanks 

Sarah

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Update by Gabrielle Ward

Good afternoon,

I hope you are well. 

Just a quick update regarding the road closure mentioned on our previous update.

We are expecting the cabins to be delivered to site next week. To allow us to do this safely, we will be implementing a road closure from Sunday 10th March until Friday 15th March. I have included the plan below as a reminder of where our road closure will be placed.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, and would like to thank you in advance for your patience during this time.

If you do require any assistance, you can leave a comment below and a member of the team will get back to you.

Thank you.

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