Quality boost for West Sussex river after £3million upgrades to wastewater treatment works
Southern Water has announced that more than £3million of upgrades to a wastewater treatment works is directly benefitting the health of the River Adur and its tributaries.
The company said the completion of works at Blackstone Wastewater Treatment Works means that Southern Water meets ‘the highest environmental standards in the quality of the treated water leaving the site’.
A spokesperson said: “As part of the project at the works near Albourne, we’ve installed new chemical dosing equipment, including ferric dosing to remove more phosphorus from wastewater leaving the site. We’ve also installed new equipment including settlement tanks, which separate solids from liquids, and advanced control and monitoring systems.”
Southern Water said the works were delivered on their behalf by GTb.
Lee McGrattan, project manager for GTb, said: “This has been a great project to get over the line. The team have worked hard over the last 18 months to ensure we meet the new environmental regulations set by the Environment Agency. This is one of dozens of projects we’ve worked on across the Southern Water region.”
Cecile Stanford, Project Manager for Southern Water, said: “This investment is part of our ongoing commitment to protect and improve the environment across our region. These improvements will mean less phosphorus and other pollutants will enter the River Adur and will help our wider work to safeguard rivers and seas.”