Message from Anglian Water 24th January 2024
Good afternoon,
I’m contacting you today to let you know about some upcoming environmental work in your area.
Every day we clean and supply a billion litres of healthy drinking water and take away and clean your water after it’s been used. It’s all part of the service we provide using the money you pay us via your bill.
The drains and sewers in your community take used water away to your local water recycling centre (WRC) off Fen Road in Owmby-by-Spital. We then clean it before returning it safely to the local environment.
Phosphorous is a chemical widely used in soaps and cleaning products, but it can be harmful to wildlife in our waterways. To tackle this, we’re investing over £2.6 million into upgrading our WRC, installing new equipment, and strengthening the current water treatment process.
Our work at your local WRC will mean we can take out even more phosphorus from the water we return to the environment, improving the water quality for wildlife and reducing algae growth in your local rivers and streams.
All the building work will be confined to our site, so there'll be minimal disruption to you, although you may see more of our vehicles out and about in the area.
We're due to begin work on 06 February and if everything runs smoothly, we'll be finished this summer.
If you have any questions or feedback about our work, you can call us on 03457 919 155 or email us at onealliancecustomers@anglianwater.co.uk.
We'll write to you again if there are any changes to our plans.