Upgrade to Torra Works
What we're doing
Scottish Water has just started work on an upgrade of the Torra Water Treatment Works, which serves about 1900 customers - more than half the island’s population.
The work will include the automation of the plant’s aluminium dosing process and the installation of a raw water quality instrument which gauges the quality of the water coming into the plant. These will improve the works’ operation and the water quality.
Amount invested
£300.000
Start date
August 2008
End date
October 2008
Partners
Biwater Leslie Joint Venture (BLJV) for Scottish Water Solutions
Area Affected
The upgrade at the Torra works, which serves customers in the Bowmore and Port Ellen areas and a large number of tourists in the busy summer period, will improve the quality of the drinking water and allow Scottish Water to continue meeting the water quality regulations set by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland. It will also help to secure the water supply.
This project will not address the issue of capacity and growth on Islay but Scottish Water is investigating a project between the Torra Water Treatment Works and Port Charlotte which would do so.
What we're doing on Mull
- Upgrade at Port Charlotte Water Treatment Works: £4.1 million
- £9m project to construct a new waste water treatment works at Bowmore
- Upgrade to Torra water treatment works: £300,00
= £13.4m, Scottish Water’s current investment on the island.
