Severn Trent is planning to construct a new 17km pipeline to link two reservoirs to provide water for the Nottingham area in order to improve the resilience of the water supply to the city and to reduce the reliance of supply from boreholes.
The scheme will involve the laying of approximately 16km of new pipeline to transfer water from Strelley Reservoir to the west of Nottingham to Redhill Reservoir to the north-east of Nottingham.
The new pipeline is anticipated to have an internal diameter of 800mm and an external diameter of 1100mm - this will be subject to approval following detailed design/ contractor involvement. The proposed material of the new pipeline will also be confirmed at detailed design stage - this is likely to be a combination of ductile iron/ welded steel/polyethylene.
The proposed pipeline will be laid within a combination of private land and highway.
The route of the proposed pipeline will run roughly south-west to north-east from Strelley Reservoir to the west of Nottingham to Redhill Reservoir in Arnold, to the north-east of Nottingham.
The proposed pipeline will be approximately 17km in length, the majority of which will be laid within private land and a minority within the highway.
The majority of the pipeline works will be installed using open cut techniques, although some sections will be installed using trenchless construction techniques to minimise environmental and highways impacts.
Given the nature of the development, it is concluded that any effects of the development will be local to the proposed route of the pipeline and its immediate surroundings and no ‘significant environmental effects’ are considered likely to arise.
Severn Trent has asked the local planning authorities to adopt a Screening Opinion to confirm that no Environmental Statement will be required for the proposed works.
The proposed works are due to commence in September 2023 and take approximately 18 months.
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