WATER NETWORK IMPROVEMENT

Project Pipeline: County Durham and Tees Valley

This work will boost the resilience of supply links between our reservoirs and treatment works in Teesdale, and parts of central and southern County Durham. Our investment will increase reliability, reduce leakage and provide high quality drinking water for customers for decades to come. This phase of the project - Phase 1 - will construct a new replacement pipeline from Lartington Water Treatment Works to Gainford and a new strategic transfer main between Whorley Hill SR and Shildon SR.

Update by Karen Alexander

Good afternoon,

Yesterday marked an exciting milestone in our £155m Project Pipeline: County Durham and Tees Valley water mains renewal project.

The Farrans Construction team on site took delivery of the first of the new pipes as they arrived in Teesdale, ready for the beginning of construction of the new pipeline that will connect Lartington Water Treatment Works with Gainford.

This is part of the first phase of the project, which will eventually connect across to Whorley Hill and Shildon. Phase two will extend the new pipeline across to connect with our Teesside network.

The investment will eventually ensure around 200,000 of our customers in the south of the region continue to receive clean, clear and great tasting tap water every day.

The pipes are being brought in over the coming weeks, on a route designed to utilise major, rather than smaller roads, to avoid causing traffic issues on minor routes.

Kind regards

Karen Alexander

Farrans’ Community Business Partner

 

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