Gil Paterson MSP visits Dalmuir WWTW

 

Gil Paterson MSP has welcomed Scottish Water’s plans for further substantial improvements at the Dalmuir Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) in Clydebank.

The MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie visited the WWTW on Monday January 30 - for a tour of the facility and a briefing on the investment - and said he was very pleased Scottish Water was planning more work to improve the operability of the WWTW and reduce the potential for odours.

He said: “The planned investment by Scottish Water at Dalmuir WWTW is good news for the area, for local people and for the environment because it is aimed at building on improvements that have already been made at the facility.

“I visited the WWTW in October 2010 and said that the situation regarding the potential for odours had improved but that I would continue to monitor it.

“I will continue to keep a watching brief on the WWTW but I’m pleased to see that Scottish Water, and the company that operates it for them, have continued to improve the process there. I’m delighted that they plan to build on that with this latest investment which should further reduce the potential for odours.”

Scottish Water and Saur Services Glasgow Ltd (SSG), which operates the WWTW on behalf of Scottish Water, introduced a new treatment process there in 2010. This new process, called centrifuging, has been running successfully during the past 18 months using a temporary facility.

Centrifuges are like large spin-dryers which dry off water from liquid sludge to produce a sludge cake and ensure that the sludge is in a suitable state to go to land reclamation.

The temporary centrifuge system at Dalmuir WWTW has improved the sludge management process and we would now like to make this permanent. To do this, we need to erect a new building at the WWTW to fully enclose the equipment.

The investment we are planning at Dalmuir, which we estimate will take about two years to complete, also includes a process which will improve the quality of waste water we discharge from the WWTW under licence from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency(SEPA) into the River Clyde.

It will involve the construction of housing for the system and a de-odorising unit along with other operational facilities. We are discussing our plans with West Dunbartonshire Council and other key organisations such as SEPA and Scottish Natural Heritage.

We made further information about our plans available to customers at an information day at the Dalmuir Community Education Centre in Duntocher Road, Dalmuir on January 10.

Mrs Judy Wakker, Scottish Water’s community and public affairs manager, said: “We would like to thank the customers, councillors and other stakeholders who attended the information day. We would also like to thank Mr Paterson for his visit to the WWTW. We will continue to liaise with all stakeholders to keep them informed about our plans.”

Dalmuir WWTW is one of the biggest WWTWs in the Glasgow area. It serves a population of about 600,000 customers from Moodiesburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth in the east, Birdston and Milngavie in the north, Old Kilpatrick in the west and bordered by the River Clyde in the south.

The WWTW is owned by Scottish Water and operated on our behalf by SSG under a PFI arrangement with Scotia Water Ltd.

SSG invested more than £2m at the WWTW in the past three years to help reduce the impact of any odours from it. be an opportunity to make representations to the planning authority at that stage.
 

How to contact us:

For further information about Scottish Water or the project, please contact our Customer Helpline on 0845 601 8855 quoting “Dalmuir Waste Water Treatment Works”.

We would like to thank you in advance for your patience and understanding while we carry out this essential work.