Welsh Water has started work on a £2.5 million investment scheme which will ensure around 30,000 customers in the Heads of the Valleys area continue to receive a top quality drinking water supply.
The not-for-profit company has started work to refurbish the spillway at Rhymney Bridge in Tredegar which captures water that supplies customers as far afield as Tredegar, Markham, Cefn Forest, Ebbw Vale, Cwm, Brynmawr, Nantyglo, Blaina, Beaufort and Rassau. The work will ensure that the reservoir continues to do so for decades to come.
Welsh Water’s Project Manager at Rhymney Bridge, Ron Durrans said:
“Our £2.5 million investment is essential to ensure we continue to provide customers in the area with a first class drinking water supply. As a not for profit company we continue to invest in our assets to strengthen our resilience and continue to improve the service to our customers. This scheme will enable us to bring a Victorian engineered asset up to modern day standards and provide future generations with a safe, reliable water resource.”
“The work will present a number of engineering challenges, for instance the location of the reservoir means working during the winter months could prove to be difficult. This may mean work will have to stop work during the coldest weather and restart in the spring of 2017. Months of careful planning and liaison with the appropriate regulators has been undertaken while designing this scheme and we are confident that we can complete the work by July 2017.
Rhymney Bridge reservoir is used to top up the levels of the reservoir at Shon Sheffrey during the summer months. This helps us to manage resources during periods of dry weather or high demand to keep a constant supply of fresh, clean drinking water for our customers in the area.
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