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.

Good afternoon,

Farrans has taken delivery of some new machinery from its Plant Department for Project Pipeline. The machines are all brand new Hitachi excavators – two 350s (38t), one 225 (22t) and one 135 (13t) – and they will be in operation as our main pipelaying machines over the next year.

One of the 350s will be the primary digging machine for the pipe trench. The second 350 and the 225 will be used for stripping material and backfilling, whilst the 135 will be used for more intricate work such as on road crossings and where we have to work around existing utility infrastructure.

Kind regards

Karen Alexander

Farrans’ Community Business Partner

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