A NEW £3.4-MILLION system will boost the quality of drinking water for half of the population of North Lincolnshire in the UK. Anglian Water is seeking planning approval to extend the company’s 18-year-old treatment plant at Barrow-Upon-Humber. If given the green light, work is expected to start next month with the completion set for May next year. There will a new building to house some ultra-violet treatment and filtration equipment.
Anglian already supplies 320 MGD of water daily. In some parts of the region, however, water is extracted from rivers such as the Wensum and the Trent. The remainder of the water is supplied from underground stores called aquifers. All of the supply is then taken to one of 136 water treatment works in the region, where it is cleaned and purified to make it safe to drink.
Water from different sources requires different levels of treatment. Ozone is used to breaks down and destroys any pesticides, herbicides and bacteria in the water.