Water treatment works construction to start 2008 - 28-09-2007 - 11:29

Construction on a drinking water project has been scheduled to start in summer 2008.

Scottish Water, which wants to build the Glencorse Water Treatment Works to replace existing facilities at Fairmilehead and Alnwickhill, has announced that it will be applying for permission to Midlothian Council later this year.

The site, which is on Edinburgh University land, was chosen in part because it is the highest site in Midlothian, which means that gravity would carry most of the water, senior project manager Richard Anderson told the district community council.

He added that the design and construction at the water treatment works, which is expected to be completed in 2010, would work with the environment.

"It will be taking into account its neighbours and views from the Pentland Hills. This is very much building in sympathy with the landscape, which will be discreet and have a low impact on the environment," he said.

Construction of the six-mile pipeline from Midlothian to Edinburgh is to use new techniques planned to minimise disruption to roads.

Water pipeline gets construction go-ahead - 27-09-2007 - 17:33

Construction work on a large water pipeline through Ascot and Bracknell received planning permission last week.

Bracknell Forest borough council gave its approval to South East Water's plans for a 17 kilometre underground pipeline between Winkfield, Bracknell and Crowthorne despite residents' concerns.

The construction work, which is expected to take ten months, was opposed by local residents who feared the works would drive extra traffic through the area.

Although a first application was withdrawn by the company as a result of residents' concerns, the new proposal was seen as adequate for the provision of water for the inhabitants of Bracknell.

Committee chairman Cllr David Worrall told icBerkshire: "This pipeline will provide fresh water to a significant amount of people in Bracknell.

"There will be some disruption during the construction work but it is work that is necessary."