Work on a new £4 million water treatment plant in West Highlands of Scotland is now complete.

The nano-filtration membrane treatment facility has been delivered in Stoer by Scottish Water's alliance partner ESD and contractor Ross-shire Engineering.

Built at Ross-shire Engineering's facility in Muir of Ord, the plant was comprehensively tested and then split into large transportable sections before being reassembled on site.

David Kitching of Scottish Water said: "This membrane technology is state of art and delivers enhanced filtration to deliver cleaner, fresher drinking water for our customers in the area for the foreseeable future.

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"The way we have approach this project has allowed the plant to be constructed in a controlled environment, reducing risk to the workforce, improving quality control and significantly reducing the construction period.

"The new water treatment works also includes additional storage capacity on site and a standby power generator, meaning that it will be more resilient to any disruption caused by severe weather or other possible challenges."

Joe Syed from ESD added: "The new plant was pre-assembled using state of the art technology in Muir of Ord before delivery to the site, minimising the length of construction work and the associated traffic.

"The result is a new treatment works, made in the Highlands, that will benefit Scottish Water's customers in north west Sutherland for many years to come."

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