Severn Trent to spend £11.2 million in North West Shropshire
Severn Trent is to spend £8.8 million investment in North West Shropshire over the next two years it was announced today.
The plans will see the construction of a new covered service reservoir, new water pipes and a change to water blending arrangements, which will benefit a number of areas including Oswestry.
The planned covered reservoir, will contain 4 million litres of water to serve the Oswestry community. The planning application for the covered reservoir is currently being reviewed and, if approved, it will be in use by 2014 and will provide greater security for the supply of water to the residents of the town. It will also help to reduce the levels of chlorine in the water.
The company will invest £800,000 on a two year project to improve and replace water pipes which serve communities including, Dudleston and Ellesmere, Crewgreen and Shrewsbury, Tyn-y-rhos to Briw. Severn Trent Water will also carry out the same work in Pentre, St. Martins, Selattyn and Valeswood.
Severn Trent are also set to make changes to the blending arrangements of water supplied to customers in Oswestry, Pant, Vennington and Broadway. Water supplied to customers is provided by a combination of water from boreholes and reservoirs. After the change in blending has happened most customers won’t experience a noticeable difference. The improved blend should provide more stable water and allow the company to use lower chlorine levels.
David Essex, water strategy general manager at Severn Trent Water, said:
“We are committed to develop our service to Oswestry and the North West Shropshire area and we’ve already taken a number of steps to do this. Since 2010 we’ve invested more than £2.4 million to renew water pipes and prevent sewer flooding in the region. Whilst carrying out this work we’ve learned that the local communities like to understand what we’re doing and have the opportunity to feed back on our plans.
“Our plans for the next two years will see an £8.8 million investment to construct a new covered service reservoir, renew water pipes and make a slight change to water blending arrangements, which will benefit a number of areas in rural North West Shropshire.”
“Before we start work, the local communities will be able to come along to meetings to understand what we’re planning to do and also to taste the water that they’ll receive when the work is completed.”
