Wastewater treatment works at Castleton to be upgraded

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Wastewater treatment works at Castleton

Wastewater treatment works at Castleton are to be upgraded as part of a £230m programme of environmental investment across the North West. 

United Utilities will be investing in the region’s wastewater systems to make them more resilient to heavy rainfall and aims to improve 184km of the region’s rivers by 2025.

In total, the investment programme will reduce sewer spills into the environment by more than 10 million tonnes a year - the equivalent of 4,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. 

Locally, £5m will be spent to upgrade the wastewater treatment works at Castleton so it can treat more sewage during heavy rainfall, improving 5km of Trub Brook.

Jo Harrison, Director of Environmental Planning and Innovation at United Utilities, said:  “At United Utilities, our purpose is very clear – we don’t just supply water, we also want to make the North West greener, healthier and stronger. We work very hard to maintain a high level of environmental performance and we’re pleased that for the second year running we have been awarded the top 4-star rating by the Environment Agency.    

“We know there is always more to do, and playing our part to improve the health of the region’s rivers is very important to our customers. This is already well underway and, by 2025, we will have invested £230m improving 184km of waterways and we will have developed our plans to progressively reduce the impact of storm overflows in the coming years.”