DWQR Visits Glencorse Water Treatment Works (WTW)

Staff from the DWQR recently visited the construction site for Edinburgh's new water treatment works (WTW). Scottish Water is building a new WTW at Glencorse in Midlothian, as part of the Edinburgh Drinking Water Project; a strategic programme of capital investment to build a new WTW and replace ageing mains and storage tanks providing water to Edinburgh and surrounding areas. The new WTW will replace the existing works at Fairmilehead and Alnwickhill. Scottish Water's (SW) aim is to facilitate the city’s continued expansion and improve the quality of drinking water in Edinburgh. It will also allow SW to provide 21st century water treatment facilities, to meet strict European guidelines on drinking water quality. The project is now more than half way through with a forecast completion date of September 2011.