Southern Water has replaced a 45-foot-long screen that has helped capture almost 400 tonnes of waste materials in the last year at its East Worthing Treatment Works.
The screen removes items such as wet wipes from the wastewater that arrives at the Southern Water site located to the north of Brooklands Lake.
The works treats more than 30 million litres of wastewater every day on average – rising to more than 71 million litres during wet weather. Between June 2015 and June 2016, the screens on site filtered out 393 tonnes of wet wipes, nappies and other items that can cause blockages in the wastewater network.
As part of a programme of on-going maintenance at the site, one of the two screens is replaced every year. Once removed, the old screen will be cleaned up, refurbished and kept as a spare.
Rob Lawless, Southern Water Project Manager, said at 45-feet, the screen is one of Southern Water’s tallest which once in place protects the treatment processes from being damaged by a number of unflushable items.
The £250,000 screen was installed by Southern Water’s partner Barhale Trant Utilities.
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