Glencorse Pipelines
New pipelines are required to carry the clearer, fresher water into the existing distribution network in Edinburgh. The pipeline route takes into account important issues such as:
- Minimising disruption to road users and pedestrians by using agricultural land where possible.
- Avoiding the need for expensive pumping by choosing a route that allows the water to flow by gravity.
A twin pipeline will go from the Glencorse Water Treatment Works through agricultural land to Damhead. At Damhead, one leg of the pipeline will connect into existing pipework to take the water on to Fairmilehead area. To connect the other pipeline into the network at Alnwickhill, we need to take the pipe across the City Bypass. To avoid disrupting this major road we will tunnel the pipe under the Bypass.
Click here to see the route of the pipeline and the dates we will be working in each area (pdf).
There are also two smaller pipes which take sludge (a bi-product of the water treatment process) away from the Glencorse site.
Information on Road Closure - 11th June 2010
An essential part of the Glencorse Project is the new water mains that will carry clear, fresh water from the treatment works to the existing water network. To allow this work to take place, a section of Pentland Road in Damhead will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians for three weeks commencing Monday 14th of June. Diversions will be signposted.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: The work planned to finish on 5th of July will be extended by approximately one week.
Apologies for any disruption.
Mobile Pipe Production
In a
world first, Scottish Water worked in partnership with KWH Pipe, to bring a mobile pipe production plant to Midlothian.
Instead of having the pipes produced elsewhere and transporting them to the site,the pipe production plant was set up adjacent to the pipeline working area. This unique approach meant that the pipes could be manufactured significantly longer; at lengths of up to 22 metres rather than the normal maximum that can be transported on a standard lorry of 13.5 metres.
Longer pipes mean fewer joints and a significant reduction in the construction period. The location of the plant also meant a reduction in lorry journeys to and from the site of up to 75 percent. This has help us to minimise the carbon footprint for the project.
Click here (pdf) to find out more about how the pipes were made.
