Caulmert’s engineering excellence is playing a significant role in the multi-million-pound investment to improve water quality around the Eden Valley in Cumbria.
As part of a £75m investment, United Utilities is enhancing treated wastewater at 22 works and reducing the number of times storm overflows at four sites are called into action.
The first seven projects in villages near Penrith include Dufton, Milburn, and Morland, where Caulmert is utilising its expertise after being engaged by Eric Wright Water.
Activity at the trio of sites will help reduce the amount of phosphorous in the treated wastewater that is returned to the environment and improve the overall quality in the receiving watercourses.
Work at Morland also includes building a storage tank capable of holding 35,000 litres of stormwater.
Peter Dawson, director of structural engineering at Caulmert, said: “Being able to showcase our team’s skillset in conjunction with Eric Wright Water on these United Utilities schemes is fantastic.
“The numbers speak for themselves in terms of the impact these improvements will have across the north west of England, and we are pleased to be playing our part.
“Eden Valley is a wonderful area, and knowing that more than 300 miles of rivers, lakes, and bathing waters will be protected is great.”
Caulmert’s full package of works at the three sites, includes:
Morland
- New inlet works using packaged plant, with storm overflow weir
- New 36m3 storm tank
- Ferric dosing plant and kiosk
- Bunded chemical delivery bay
- Humus sludge tank
Milburn
- Provision of four FujiClean tank units
- New Flocell modular filtration plant
- Sludge storage tank with tanker collection bay
- New pumping station
- Land purchase for new access track and turning area
Dufton
- New bunded chemical delivery bay with interlock chamber
- Foundations for recirculation pumps, point of application kiosk, shower, and washdown kit
- Foundation for new dosing rig
- Dosing lines pipework
- Ducts and drawpits
The activity is the largest in water and wastewater infrastructure for a century, with United Utilities spending more than £13 billion across the next five years to protect and enhance more than 500km of rivers, lakes, and bathing waters whilst safeguarding water supplies for millions of customers across the north west.
Speaking at the official announcement in October, Andrew Kendall, wastewater county business lead for Cumbria at United Utilities, said: “We’re working at pace to deliver significant investment to our wastewater network right across Cumbria.
“These seven projects that are starting this month will directly improve water quality to the River Eden and its tributaries.”
