Lochgoilhead Waste Water Treatment Works Investment Project
Project Overview
Scottish Water is constructing a new waste water treatment works (WWTW) in Lochgoilhead, Argyll and Bute.
These works will help improve our ability to continue to provide an improved stability of the waste water treatment process and improve the resilience of the local waste water network.
Work began on Monday 22 April 2024 and is expected to take around 13 months to complete.
At a Glance
Lochgoilhead Investment
Scottish Water is spending around £1.7 million to upgrade the existing waste water treatment works in the village.
What We Are Doing
The improvements being made here include the construction of a new, modern treatment process and replacing some of the existing required facilities on the treatment works, new for old.
The upgrades also include changes required for the health and safety of our operations personnel and any visitors to the site.
A new access entrance and roadway will be constructed within the treatment works to facilitate access for maintenance of the new plant. Passing points will be installed on the access road, as well as bridge protection works and site set up activities.
There will also be some vegetation and tree removal to the north-east of the site with replanting included in the construction project works.
The project team has carried out a lot of planning with regards to the traffic management of the project to help minimise any impact on the community and address any concerns. There have been several design checks to confirm the suitability of the forest access bridge to ensure it is capable of supporting the heaviest deliveries to site. This avoids traffic going through the village.
Lochgoilhead Waste Water Treatment Works is at the end of its working life and needs an overhaul.
The entire treatment process will be upgraded.
Why We Are Doing It
The existing process equipment has served well but is now nearing end of serviceable life, creating increased equipment failures. Upgrades are essential to maintain the treatment process operation. Due to the age of the plant and equipment, replacement parts and spares are no longer manufactured.
The entire treatment process needs to be refurbished, replaced and upgraded with modern equipment to ensure the integrity of this key Scottish Water asset is maintained and protected.
Latest Update
August 2024
Work on site is progressing well now after some initial delays due to the amount of invasive plant species on site that required removing.
Since our work began in April 2024 we have carried out vegetation and tree removal on the north-east of the site and plan to carry out replanting later in our construction works.
Access road improvement works have also been carried out, with the formation of a new access road and ramp.
We have also installed watermain pipes, site drainage, and excavated for the new pump chamber.
Preparation works for outfall drainage works have been carried out and we are now looking to complete this by next month.
In order for us to complete this section of the works, we require to close the privately owned forestry road that is next to our works gates.
The closure will be in place from Monday 19th August and will last approximately 2 weeks.
We would like to thank locals and residents in this area for their patience and understanding while we carry out these essential upgrades.
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