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Anglian Water has begun work to improve water quality to meet phosphorous targets with technology to remove the substance from effluent.
The company will invest more than £3 million to enhance the treatment processes and install equipment to enable its Soham wastewater processing plant to process higher volumes of sewage.
As well as efforts to remove phosphorous to treat water to a higher standard, the work by Anglian includes modifying existing equipment so the plant can process nearly double the amount of sewage.
This will increase the site’s capacity from 568m2 to 1080m2, allowing it to process the increased surface water from drainage and the growing population in the region.
The work is part Anglian’s Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP), which totals £800 million of environmental investment between 2020-2025.
The company will add the phosphorous removal technology at Soham, on the River Ely, as part of its Get River Positive commitments.
The joint plan with Severn Trent included five areas to improve focused on combined sewer overflows, increasing public accessing to bathing sites, boosting and protecting biodiversity and ensuring transparency.
The project is due for completion early next year.
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