Anglian Water’s @one Alliance is due to begin upgrades in Barton which will see the replacement of 2.7 kilometres of water pipes to ensure that water supplies are safe and reliable for decades to come.

The water company delivers nearly a billion of litres of drinking water to its customers every day - in order to achieve this, the infrastructure needs maintenance and investment to ensure the taps can keep running over the next few decades.

With the added pressure of a changing climate, more aging water mains are at risk of failing under extreme weather conditions.

The scheme – totalling over £1 million – is expected to be completed next year with some of the new pipe being replaced by using innovative slip lining technology. This will allow the company to install pipes underground without the need to dig open trenches.

In addition, Anglian Water will also be completing upgrades to existing boreholes to enable the water network to be more reliable for decades to come.

Once the pipes are installed, they will need to be connected to the existing water network.

Georgia Phillips, Customer Experience Specialist for the project said:

“We operate in the driest region of the country, but the East of England is also one of the fastest growing. As part of our Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP), this project will help make sure we can keep taps running and toilets flushing for residents in and around Barton-upon-Humber for years to come.”

The WRMP, published every five years, outlines how Anglian Water manages current and future water needs across the region. Without such proactive planning and investment, there will simply not be enough water to supply customers in the East of England.

This year’s work follows what may be the UK’s driest spring in a century.