Water & Wastewater Treatment

4 | october 2014 | WWt | www.wwtonline.co.uk Industry news October Thames Water's £4.2B Thames Tideway Tunnel has been given planning con- sent following a six-month investigation by its Examin- ing Authority (ExA). The huge project to pre- vent CSO discharges into the Thames – which has been dubbed a 'super sew- er' – involves a 25km tun- nel running underground ● Project to cost £4.2B ● Financed and deliv- ered by an independent specialist company ● Paid for by Thames sewerage customers Green light for Thames 'super sewer' Contract Tracker Hat trick for Bluewater Bio Anglian Water has awarded contracts to bluewater bio International (bwb) to use Filterclear, its high perfor- mance multimedia filtra- tion technology, in three of its wastewater plants – brington and bugbrooke Water recycling centres (Wrc) in Northampton- shire and Alford Wrc in Lincolnshire. In total, the three Filterclear systems will be treating up to 7,000 cubic meters per day, at an aggregate contract value of just under £0.6M. $3M contract for CH2M Hill cH2M Hill has been awarded a contract to as- sist with the improvement of the municipal water sys- tem in towns along the Jiu Valley river in Hunedoara county, romania. Southern confirms AMP6 partners Southern Water has an- nounced three partners it will work with to deliver AMP6 improvements: cMDP, a joint venture between costain and MWH; GtM, a joint venture between Galliford try and Imtech, supported by strategic design partner Atkins; and MGjv, a joint venture between Mor- rison Utility Services and Galliford try, supported by strategic design partner AecoM. the three will work alongside MWH, which was separately announced as Southern Water's strategic solutions partner last month. from Acton storm tanks in West London, and travelling roughly along the course of the river to Abbey Mills Pumping Station in East London, where it will con- nect to the Lee Tunnel. It will be financed and delivered by an independ- ent specialist company, sep- arate to Thames Water and with its own licence from Ofwat. It will be paid for by Thames sewerage customers. Hammersmith & Fulham Council had vehemently opposed the plans, and in particular the construction of a drilling entrance to the tunnel in Carnwath Road, South Fulham. Council leader Stephen Cowan said the granting of planning consent by the government was a "disgraceful decision" which would cause "mis- ery" to local residents. However Andy Mitch- ell, chief executive of Thames Tideway Tunnel, said: "If the tunnel had been in operation last year, it would have captured 97% of the sewage that poured in to London's river. Hardly a week goes by when untreated sewage is pouring in to London's river and we are pleased that we can now start to tackle this archaic problem. "This is a huge project but it's a huge problem, and we can now get on with tackling it." Visit wwtonline.co.uk Surplus pipes from a Scottish water treatment works have been given a new lease of life as children's play equipment at a nursery in the Lothians. The pipes, from the Glen- corse Water Treatment Works run by Scottish Water, were donated by the company to Milton Bridge Nursery near Penicuik. Bill Elliot, Scottish Water's Community Team Manager for Edinburgh and the Lothians, said: "A er completing work on the new treatment works, which since 2012 has been providing high quality drinking water to 450,000 cus- tomers across Edinburgh and parts of Midlothian, we were keen to find a way of giving something a little bit different back to the community. "We have cut two small sections of surplus pipes – each about 2m each in length and over 1m in height – which we realised would make ideal tunnels for children to play safely in under the supervision of the nursery staff." 18% The fall in the number of complaints made to water companies in 2013/14, the sixth consecutive year that complaints have fallen, according to the annual report from the Consumer Council for Water. Among the water and sewerage firms, Wessex Water was the least complained-about company overall, with just 17 complaints per 10,000 connections, while Southern Water attracted the highest proportion of complaints (82 per 10,000). Among the water-only companies, Portsmouth Water was the least complained- about firm (8 per 10,000 connections) while South East Water (70 complaints per 10,000 connections) received the highest proportion of complaints.

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