GENERAL PROJECT

Felton Wastewater Treatment Works upgrade

Starting in March 2024, we will be carrying out works at our sewage treatment works (STW) in Felton. This work is essential and part of a £5million investment project. It will ensure the STW continues to meet the needs of a growing population and that we continue to deliver a reliable and resilient wastewater service for our customers.

Update by Julie Oakley

Good afternoon Everyone,

I hope you all  have had a lovely Christmas and are ready for 2025.

I would like to provide you all with an update on the progress we have made here on Felton treatment works, this will be the first one of the New Year. We continue with the upgrading on site and even though the weather has not been great, we are still on track. We are continuing with the pipework connections to the Primary Settlement Tank (PST3) which is part of the treatment process, along with improvements to the inlet works, which involve the removal of the old inlet screen in the southern channel this is used to remove the solids from the effluent, the penstocks have been replaced these are gates which we use to control the flow of water and some concrete modifications have been made to prepare for the new screens to be installed. We have also shuttered and poured the new pump desludge slab which is a concrete base ready for the pump/pipework to be installed for the Humus settlement tank (HST)  which is the secondary process of the water treatment, along with the upgrading of the electrics by replacing with new cables.

Once again I would like to thank you all for your continued support and patience while the works continue, but in the meantime if you have any questions or queries please leave a message below or use the contact details provided and one to the team will be happy to help.

thank you

Julie

 

 

 

 

 

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