TAMESIDE is to see more than £200 million invested into improving its water quality.
For United Utilities is set to upgrade three of its treatment works and reduce the number of times up to 20 storm overflows in the area operate, with the first project set to start later this year.
At Dukinfield Wastewater treatment works, which stands at Bradley Hurst, new technology will be installed to ensure that the treated wastewater that is returned to the environment will be improved to reduce phosphorus and ammonia levels.
The project will also reduce the number of storm overflow operations at the site.
Projects at Ashton-Under-Lyne – situated off Shepley Road, just over the border from Audenshaw and Dukinfield – and Hyde – which lies near Mill Lane – wastewater treatment works will also see new technology installed at the sites to improve the quality of the treated wastewater.
The storm overflow improvements are spread across the drainage areas of Ashton, Dukinfield, Hyde and Mossley.
All the projects in the £215 million scheme will help improve water quality in the River Tame and its tributaries of Denton Book and Swineshaw Brook.
Chris Borradaile, Wastewater Lead for Greater Manchester at United Utilities, said: “We’ve got really ambitious plans for improving water quality right across Tameside over the next five years.
“By upgrading our three biggest works in the area and tackling up to 20 storm overflows, it will really help to improve the River Tame and its tributaries.”
It comes as United Utilities embarks on the largest investment in water and wastewater infrastructure for a century.
The projects at Dukinfield, Hyde and Ashton-Under-Lyne treatment works are being delivered through United Utilities new Enterprise delivery model which brings together seven design and construction partners, plus United Utilities, into one integrated team.