Scottish Water to upgrade waste water infrastructure at UK plant

Scottish Water has unveiled plans to make additional upgrades at the Dalmuir wastewater treatment works located in Clydebank, Scotland.

The utility is set to improve the operability of the facility and to reduce odours. The Dalmuir wastewater treatment works is currently being operated by Saur Services Glasgow on behalf of Scottish Water.

The planned work at Dalmuir also includes the improvement of the quality of wastewater that the firms discharge from the facility under licence from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency into the River Clyde. It will also involve the construction of system housing and a de-odourising unit, as well as other operational facilities.

Last year, Scottish Water and Saur Services Glasgow introduced a new treatment process called ‘centrifuging’ at the site. The parties have been using the new process during the past 18 months from a temporary building. Centrifuges are similar to large spin-dryers, which dry off water from liquid sludge to produce a sludge cake and ensure that the sludge is in a suitable state to go to land reclamation. The parties intend to make the temporary centrifuge system permanent, as it has improved the sludge management process at Dalmuir.

In addition, Scottish Water is investing £1.26m in an environmental project in Palnackie to upgrade the Dumfriesshire village’s wastewater treatment system. The investment will see a new treatment tank and outfall pipe being constructed, which will bring the facility up-to-date.