South West Water has informed the Parish Council that a sludge tank at the Hayle Waste Water Treatment Works at St Erth will be cleaned out on the 5th, 6th and possibly the 7th February before fitting new equipment inside the tank. The clean out will be carried out during normal work
We have been advised by South West Water that their Waste Water ( sewage ) Treatment Works at St.Erth, that the mixer has failed that allows a odour controlling chemical to be mixed with the sludge to reduce odours. Without the mixer and chemical the sludge process has become more odo
There are some planned work due to start at South West Water Waste Treatment Works at St.Erth from tomorrow. The work is to screen the grit and rag storage area at the bottom of the site, the material has been stored waiting for dry weather for this process to occur. The screened mate
South West Water has submitted an updated plan to Ofwat which would see bills fall by even more than they would have done in their previous plan, which was submitted last December. Bills could fall by 13% below inflation by the end of the decade. In addition they plan to increase thei
There is some work due to be carried out at St Erth works next week that may potentially cause some odours. We informed the community in February that due to the recent very wet weather, it was not possible for our contractors to take treated biosolids directly off site to land for di
Mike Galligan, SWW Operations Manager (West) for Waste Water Services has advised the Parish Council that: “Due to the current weather conditions we are experiencing difficulty locally in recycling bio-solids through our normal route due to waterlogged agricultural land. Having consid
South West Water will start to plant a number of conifer trees at Hayle Sewage Treatment Works St.Erth this week (w/c 28 October 2013). The 45 Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson cypress) are being planted to replace the leylandii trees which had to be removed in February due to health a
Chairman of St Erth Parish Council, Councillor Ted Taylor, told the Cornishman that he is “appalled by South West Water’s attitude towards the local community – not only because routine maintenance works are carried out during the summer months but also that many of his calls and emai
South West Water has informed the Parish Council that the the second phase of digester cleaning, is scheduled to start on the 28 August and finish on the 19th September. South West Water are not anticipating significant odours from this work. If odours are experienced please ring SWW
SWW has confirmed that the maintenance works at the Hayle Waste Water Treatment Plant in St Erth, which started in May, will continue from 7th August and should be completed by 27th August. Whilst SWW hopes that these works will not create any further smell nuisance, residents are ag