GENERAL PROJECT

Fontburn Lime Dosing

Northumbrian Water is investing £3 million to upgrade the Water Treatment Works at Fontburn to make sure you continue to receive excellent quality tap water in the future. The work, which will commence from early March 2020 will see upgrades to the facilities and water treatment equipment within the site and we aim to complete this by September 2020. Northumbrian Water’s trusted partner, Interserve Construction Limited will be carrying out this work on our behalf. Residents may notice an increase of vehicular traffic to and from the site whilst deliveries are made although we will of course do all we can to keep the disruption to a minimum. Please be assured that your water supply will not be affected by these works. Glyn Jenkins NWL Project Manager

Update by Shafqat Akbar

Hello everyone. The works at our Fontburn project are progressing very well. In this update, I want to share with you some of the environmental management protocols we have agreed and established on site. We consulted with Natural England and Northumbrian Water on the best way to protect the small animals and mammals that share the treatment works and local area with us. 

 Our environmental team constructed a "hibernacular" for displaced newts. This becomes a new home for them. The photo above shows a hibernacular that we made earlier.

We consulted with Natural England and agreed how we will manage the presence of any bats on site or in the immediate area. We obtained a "bat licence" before we started works on site.

Our site teams ensure we mitigate noise levels to minimise disturbance on local wildlife and our neighbours. We check all equipment for noise levels that will be generated before it is procured and we monitor noise levels on site to protect our colleagues on site, our neighbours and the local wildlife.

 We are aware that light pollution can be an issue at Fontburn for our neighbours and for small mammals. We endeavour to cut all light pollution particularly at the beginning and end of the days. 

 

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