Keeping Badenoch and Strathspey in the picture with postcards
6,600 postcards were distributed to households in Badenoch & Strathspey to keep people updated on progress with Scottish Water’s £30million of improvements in the area at the beginning of June 2008.
As part of Scottish Water’s 2010 Vision for the Highlands, a £200million programme across the region, £30million is being invested in the Badenoch & Strathspey area. The postcards feature an aerial shot of new homes recently built in the Aviemore area in an effort to emphasise that Scottish Water’s investment is supporting economic development, helping local communities grow and thrive.
The new water source - background info
This picture features Terry Ferguson, Operations Team Leader for Badenoch and Spey and Joanna Peebles, Regional Communities Manager.
At the moment, 10,000 people from Cromdale to Newtonmore receive drinking water from Loch Einich. The treatment works dates from half a century ago and the pipelines up to the loch are in a poor state and run through a scenic area with numerous environmental designations.
Scottish Water has carried out environmental studies which support the move from Loch Einich to the boreholes. This will allow the loch to return to its natural state.
Find out more about the planning applications
The proposals include:
- A modern water treatment works and boreholes at Kinakyle.
- A new storage tank of treated water on a hillside above Aviemore. This will improve Scottish Water’s ability to keep customers in supply during any technical problems or burst pipes.
- A pipeline from the treatment works up to the tank.
Other Scottish Water projects in Badenoch & Strathspey
- Dalwhinnie: A £1.1million upgrade is planned for the water treatment works to improve supplies for 110 customers.
- Boat of Garten: A £2.5million waste water upgrade to cater for growth and improve the water quality in the River Spey is planned. The timing of this project will depend on the timing of a housing development proposed for the village.
- Grantown: A £1.3million waste water upgrade to accommodate growth is underway and due for completion by the end of this year.
- Newtonmore: A £3.5million new waste water treatment works is under construction to help development and protect the Spey. This is due for completion next spring.
- Kingussie: A £2.8million waste water upgrade to accommodate growth is planned. This again will protect the River Spey.
