New £50million water treatment plant could be built in Plymouth
A NEW £50 million water treatment plant could be built north of Plymouth as part of a flag-ship development by South West Water.
The state-of-the-art facility could be built at Roborough, sweeping away the plant at Crownhill, built in the 1950s.
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New £50million water treatment plant could be built in Roborough, Plymouth
Plans came to light in the company’s 25-year business plan published today.
The “Waterfuture What’s In the Pipeline” document covers the 2015 - 2040 period and outlines how the water giant will tackle sewerage infrastructure, floods and future investment.
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Chris Loughlin, chief executive at the company said the new multi-million pound treatment works was one of a number of options on the table.
He said: “One of South West Water’s priorities is to meet the water supply demands created by Plymouth’s continuing expansion to the north.
“We are considering various long term options including a £50 million scheme to build a new state-of-the art treatment works in the Roborough area.
“Potentially this could free up our current site at Crownhill for possible redevelopment.”
While the document falls short of revealing on how much the overall work will cost over the 25-years, customers are assured it will be spread over time to avoid “dramatic” increases in bills.
The paper states: “Average bills are forecast to increase by around 0.5 per cent per annum above inflation between 2015 - 2040 to pay for the investments that customers support and legislation requires.
“Changes in costs and the need for increased maintenance as assets age mean that in any five year period customer bills could increase by more than this.
“We will target the timing of the investment programme over the next 25 years to allow gradual, rather than dramatic, changes to customer bills wherever possible.
“This will avoid placing a burden on a particular generation.”
Company bosses said they want customers to comment on all aspects of the plan including future price limits.
They remind customers bills depend on a five-yearly price review with companies presenting their business plans to the industry’s regulator Ofwat.
The next price review is in 2014 and will determine water bills for the 2015 - 2020.
South West Water supplies more than 700,000 households and 70,000 businesses
across the region.
Some 415 million litres of water is distributed per day with 480 million litres of waste water treated every day.
Mr Loughlin said first and foremost the company’s strategy was designed to deliver the services customers depend on in the most cost-efficient and environmentally responsible way possible.
He said: “We’ve achieved a great deal over the last two decades. The challenge now is to build on that success.
“We must continue to meet the needs of a population that is set to grow significantly, while also ensuring that we can deal with the implications of extreme weather and increased legislation.”
Comments
by SWWater
Thursday, January 10 2013, 12:35PM
“This is a drinking water treatment works being proposed - not a waste water treatment works. Very unlikely to cause a stink! Please remember it is not a definite plan but one of a number of long-term options we are looking at to serve North Plymouth's increasing local population and business community. More information about all our long-term goals can be found online at http://tinyurl.com/a4p3f9h”
by BrushyB
Thursday, January 10 2013, 11:21AM
“Why spread the cost over 25 years. Just using one years extortionate profit would more than cover the cost. The shareholders have already been more than re paid for their investment with the consumers suffering more and more with OFWAT being more than useless.”
by m_dalston
Thursday, January 10 2013, 9:17AM
“Is this part of the huge development that is due to start in Roborough? Everything from Roborough to Woolwell (including all the rugby fields) is going to be housing, including a huge access road inbetween New Road & Bickley Down road connecting to Pick Pie drive in Woolwell. You never really read about those plans and although in the South Hams, they will have a massive impact on the A386 which can't cope as it is.”
by pogle63a
Thursday, January 10 2013, 9:01AM
“That will cause a right stink out a roborough the posh houses out there won`t want a poo plant within sniffing distance even if it is their own poo it processes.”