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BBC News
08-08-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Major £5.5m investment to help improve river's water quality
A new underground storage tunnel is being built to reduce storm overflows and improve water quality at Wrongway Brook, a tributary of the River Ribble in Utilities (UU) said the £5.5m project will hold more than 2,000,000 litres (440,000 gallons) – the equivalent of around 26,000 bath tubs of company said the work will take place between the railway line and playing fields in Kirkham, avoiding any disruption to local traffic, adding that the upgrade should be finished by summer scheme is part of a wider £94.5m investment into 12 projects across Fylde and Wyre over the next five years, the water firm said. When complete, the storage tunnel will give Kirkham's wastewater network additional capacity during times of heavy rainfall and help to improve water quality by reducing storm-water first phase of the project will involve upgrading the sewer network with larger pipes. A 300m-long tunnel will then be constructed more than four metres below ground, to be linked to the new Holding, county business lead for wastewater services in Lancashire, said: "Wastewater from Kirkham travels through the sewer network to the pumping station at Freckleton before going on to the wastewater treatment works at Clifton Marsh, Preston. "Creating this extra capacity means that it isn't all hitting either the pumping station or the wastewater treatment works all at the same time, and the system is less likely to be overwhelmed." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
BBC News
02-07-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Blackburn to get vast £24.5m underground storage tank
A Lancashire town is to get a new £24.5m vast underground storage tank to stop the sewage system being overwhelmed during heavy tank, set for land off Philips Road and Percliff Way in Blackburn, will be 100ft (30m) deep and 100ft wide and reduce storm overflows into the River will be connected by an underground shaft to an existing tank in the same area which was constructed in 2012 and together they will store 15m litres of stormwater, the equivalent of six Olympic-sized swimming company United Utilities said population growth in Blackburn and climate change with more periods of intense rainfall have put additional pressure on the network. Simon Holding, head of wastewater treatment services, said: "These tanks act as huge holding areas for the extra rainwater that enters the sewer network during times of heavy rainfall."Holding it back means it isn't all hitting the wastewater treatment works at the same time and the system is less likely to be overwhelmed."The work is expected to take two years to complete. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
