NI Water has reached the halfway point in its Price Control (PC) 21 programme, highlighted by the completion of a £16 million investment in its portfolio of wastewater pumping stations (WwPS).
NI Water handles over 370 million litres of wastewater daily which is equivalent to the volume of four and a half million household baths. The company relies on 1,300 wastewater pumping stations to transport this wastewater to treatment works for proper treatment and safe return to the environment. Maintaining these pumping stations and ensuring their efficient and effective operation is crucial for keeping the wastewater network flowing and protecting the environment.
Tzvetelina Bogoina, NI Water Director of Infrastructure said:
"As we reach the halfway point in our current price control (PC21) period, NI Water is pleased to acknowledge the important roles that our colleagues and local supply chain play in successfully delivering the wastewater pumping stations base maintenance programme across the four regions – north, south, east and west – of Northern Ireland.
"Collaboration and engagement with these key stakeholders as well as our operational colleagues is central to planning the base maintenance work and ensuring that our equal regional spend is invested where improvements are most needed.
"This means that we are continually working with our appointed consultants and contractors from McAdam, RPS, BSG and GRAHAM to instil innovation and drive efficiency to get the best performance out of our existing wastewater pumping station assets.
"Carrying out carefully planned base maintenance work in both our water and wastewater networks is fundamental to NI Water meeting important environmental objectives and maintaining services for all our customers in Northern Ireland.
"We also rely on the public to play their part in helping to keep our wastewater network flowing by only flushing the 3 Ps – pee, poo and paper. Anything else should be bagged and binned to ensure all the wastewater pipes and pumps remain blockage-free."
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