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.


"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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