Better water, better pressure in Sheffield
We're spending £22 million improving our Rivelin Water Treatment works to bring better water quality and improve water pressure to homes across Sheffield.
A bit of history
Rivelin is one of five Water Treatment Works built to supply Sheffield with drinking water. It treats Pennine waters from peaty catchments which are typically acidic, coloured and contain iron, aluminium and manganese associated with the peat.
In 1995 a new Rivelin Water Treatment Works was built on the same site as the old filter station and is the largest in Sheffield, supplying much of South West Sheffield and surrounding areas.
What improvements are we making?
We've almost completed an £11 million project to upgrade the water distribution network and improve local water quality. We'll soon invest a further £14 million at the site in a scheme that consists of two phases. Our contract partners, Mott MacDonald Bentley will be carrying out these improvements on our behalf.
Phase one:
The initial work within the existing buildings will replace much of the chemical dosing systems together with the associated control systems. This phase has begun and will be completed in September 2012.
Phase two:
This part of the project will start in October 2011 which will involve the construction of a new filter building for manganese removal. This new building will be built to fit in with the surroundings and we're working with local interest groups on the final design. We hope to finish the new building by April 2013..
