Work at sewage treatment plant complete
Northumbrian Water has spent £6.4m on its site in Kelloe
- Published
The installation of new equipment at a sewage treatment plant will improve water quality, a water company has said.
Northumbrian Water has spent £6.4m upgrading the facilities at Kelloe Sewage Treatment Works in County Durham.
The company was fined for historic sewage spills earlier this year.
It said this investment would improve water quality in the Coxhoe Beck and watercourses downstream, including the River Wear.
The work, which took about 20 months to complete and involved installing new pumps and tanks, was carried out by engineering firm Esh-Stantec and electrical contractor Retroflo.
Northumbrian Water added it was also spending £13m on work at its network in nearby Pittington and Sherburn, which was nearly complete.
In August, regulator Ofwat fined Northumbrian Water £17m for its part in historic sewage leaks.
The punishment was handed out alongside Yorkshire Water and Thames Water, which were fined £47m and £104m respectively.
Follow BBC North East on X, external, Facebook, external, Nextdoor and Instagram, external. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk.
Related topics
More stories from the BBC North East and Cumbria
- Published6 August
- Published4 June
