West Kilbride
Thousands of Scottish Water customers in the West Kilbride area will enjoy clearer, fresher drinking water following work which started this week.
A £280,000 project, which follows the completion last summer of a £7m upgrade of the Camphill Water Treatment Works, is part of the second phase of a major scheme to provide better quality drinking water to our customers.
The presence of manganese, which occurs naturally in the untreated water, has caused periods of discolouration and inconvenience to Scottish Water customers in the area.
While the water has always been safe to drink, the manganese has necessitated temporary flushing measures and the requirement of customers to run taps prior to use.
The project, which will benefit about 6000 people in the West Kilbride area,will involve the rehabilitation of about 39km of ageing mains pipes. Carillion, working on the second phase of manganese removal from the distribution network for Scottish Water, are expected to have completed the project by the end of September.
Phase one of the manganese removal from the distribution network, which is being delivered by Scottish Water Contracting in Kilbirnie, Beith and Glengarnock, is almost complete.
Mr Paul Maxwell, Scottish Water’s regional manager, said: “We are aware of customers’ concern with discoloured water on occasions. We are confident that the work we are doing in the West Kilbride area will significantly improve the quality of their water and customers will now enjoy clearer, fresher drinking water.”
In order to minimise the level of disruption the work in West Kilbride will be carried out during the night. Customers may experience slight discolouration to their drinking water supply when they awake the next morning. However we would ask them to run their kitchen tap for a few minutes until the water again runs clear.
Mr Stewart Campbell, the project manager, said: “The work to remove the manganese will improve the quality of water in the distribution mains following the earlier work to remove the manganese from the source water at the treatment works. We apologise for any inconvenience that this essential work may cause.”
As this programme of work progresses we will provide 48 hours advance notification to those households directly affected by any supply interruption.
There will be some local disruption to traffic movements during the project but Scottish Water will make every effort to minimise the impact of this.
The work is part of Scottish Water’s 2010 Vision for Ayrshire – a programme of investment worth more than £100m over the next two years.For more information about Scottish Water’s investment in Ayrshire please visit www.scottishwater.co.uk/ayrshire2010
Customers requiring further information should call the Scottish Water Contact Centre on 0845 601 8855.
