The need for investment
What is the current situation in Dunoon?
At present there is no full waste water treatment for the town of Dunoon resulting in 21 untreated sewage outfalls into the Firth of Clyde along the stretch of shoreline from Sandbank in the North to Bullwood in the South.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has highlighted to Scottish Water the need to comply with the European Union (EU) Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) for all waste water discharges.
In addition population and development growth within the area over the years has resulted in the existing waste water treatment facilities being undersized to cope with the incoming flow and provide no further scope to allow additional connections to the public sewer network.
This present situation is both undesirable and unsustainable. Scottish Water is working to improve the impact we have on the environment by improving water quality and becoming more energy efficient.
The Story So Far...
Earlier this year Scottish Water were granted planning permission to build a new Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) at Bullwood, a collection and transfer system which will take effluent to the works, and the construction of seven new pumping stations at a cost of over £30million.
We now wish to submit a revised planning application after re-designing the proposed WWTW to use a process which is better suited to the area than the one originally planned.
This re-design follows months of investigations which confirmed that our new plans are the best way forward for our customers and the local environment.
