£26m in the pipeline for the city of Aberdeen
Scottish Water is making progress being made with its 2010 Vision for the City of Aberdeen – a massive programme of improvements providing more reliable supplies of clearer, fresher drinking water, protecting the environment and enabling development.
£48million is expected to be invested in Aberdeen between 2006 and 2010. Today Scottish Water confirmed that in the past year £10million has been invested with a further £26million expected to be delivered in the coming year. Across the city, Scottish Water’s Vision is already delivering real benefits for customers.
Ian Burnett, Scottish Water’s regional manager, said: “There’s no doubt that we’re investing heavily in Aberdeen right now. Our vision is that by 2010 customers throughout the city will have more reliable supplies of clearer, fresher drinking water and the environment will be protected.
Not only are we upgrading the main water treatment works, we’re replacing pipes, improving water pressure for customers, reducing leaks and preventing sewage flooding.
We’re also working closely with council planners and developers to ensure that our investment helps the city grow and thrive."
All of this is happening while our charges remain among the lowest in the UK and our operations staff continue to provide a great round-the-clock service.
Scottish Water's 2010 Vision for Aberdeen
Major projects recently completed include:
- Aberdeen city-wide £2.3million sewer upgrades
Major projects underway include:
- Mannofield £14.8million drinking water upgrade
- York Place £238,000 sewer flooding alleviation scheme
- East Park, Kintore £194,000 waste water pumping station improvements
- Kintore £131,000 waste water transfer pumping station improvements
- Lower Dee Valley £509,000 waste water pumping station improvements
- Invercannie £14.8million drinking water upgrade
- Blaikies Quay £434,000 waste water pumping station improvements
- Maryculter £115,000 waste water treatment works upgrade
- Rosehill £132,000 water pressure improvements
Major projects due to start in the coming months include:
- Invercannie £8.2million aqueduct upgrade
- Monymusk £102,000 waste water treatment works upgrade
- Woodcroft £301,000 waste water pumping station improvements
- Kingswells £102,000 water pressure improvements
- Aberdeen city-wide £600,000 project to install monitoring devices within water mains to improve the ability to pinpoint leaks
- Inchgarth £1.1million drinking water pumping station improvements
