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| 19th - 25th September 2014 | UtILItY WeeK
Operations & Assets
High viz
United Utilities is nearing completion
of a £5 million project to remove the
threat of sewer flooding to residents of
the St Helens area of Merseyside.
Work should finish before the end
of the year on the scheme to build
bigger sewers and a huge storage tank
(pictured) in the Eccleston area. The
new network will be able to temporar-
ily store rainwater during very heavy
storms.
In the past, rain has flowed into
Containing
the problem