Northern Ireland’s Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has announced that a £2 million project has got underway to improve wastewater treatment in Kilmore and Annacloy, County Down.
The £2million project has been awarded to Coalisland-based contractor, Geda Construction.
As part of the investment, NI Water is converting the existing wastewater treatment works (WwTW) in Kilmore to a pumping station, laying a new pumping main to take flows from the new Kilmore station to Annacloy WwTW and carrying out extensive upgrade work at Annacloy WwTW.
Minister Danny Kennedy said:
“The Annacloy/Kilmore scheme represents a significant investment. It will serve to upgrade and modernise the existing wastewater infrastructure serving both villages, delivering significant benefits for the local communities and the environment.”
Kieran Grant, NI Water project manager said:
“By converting the existing Kilmore WwTW to a pumping station means that there will no longer be any sewage treatment at this site resulting in fewer tanker visits to this site once work is complete. From an aesthetics perspective, the majority of the new pumping station equipment will also be constructed below ground level, allowing NI Water to remove the old concrete structures at Kilmore, a further advantage of the refurbishment for local residents and businesses.”
As a result of the investment, significant improvements will also be made at Annacloy. The tanks being installed at the existing site, to the rear of Annacloy Business Park, are modern, fully covered treatment units, which will provide a much higher quality treatment solution.The design of the tanks allows them to be largely buried and to further screen the new infrastructure, landscaping will be undertaken around the site once the construction work is complete.
The sophisticated processes being installed will increase the capabilities of the sewage works, deliver environmental improvements and ensure stringent EU discharge standards are met for many years to come.
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