Scottish Water has completed a £3.2m flood alleviation scheme in Galloway.

The two-and-a-half year project involved reducing the risk of sewer flooding and improving the quality of stormwater discharges in Creetown.

The first phase of the works was carried out by Carillion, with phase two being delivered by Byzak/Amey.

Works included building a new storm water pumping station at Duke Street to double the capacity of the existing pump station.

The facility will also provide fine screening to remove solids from storm discharges to the local watercourse.

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In addition, the main sewer passing through Creetown Caravan Park was upgraded, with the pipe increased from 200mm to 450mm in diameter.

The project also involved developing a new storm water pumping station at Balloch Burn.

The station can pump up to 220 litres per second or nearly 50 gallons of water per second, discharging storm water away from the village's sewer network and into the estuary.

The new pumped systems have full automatic 100 per cent standby capacity and are remotely monitored by Scottish Water's control centre.

Other improvement works included fitting new screens to a series of outfall pipes into the Moneypool Burn.

Project Manager Jim Gordon said: "These measures will make a marked improvement to the lives of the people in the village, while also protecting the environment and improving water quality."

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