Sewage Treatment Works
Overall view of a large sewage treatment works which was designed to treat all the sewage from a population of
67, 000 persons with a flow of 16.8million litres per day. Major extensions were undertaken to increase the works to cater for just over 100, 000 population.
Circular primary settlement tanks and rotating bridge scrapers, with a total capacity of 6.0 million litres
Rectangular biological filter beds 159 m long with a total capacity of 23,400 cu.m.
Three rectangular storm water tanks with balancing tanks in the background. Tanks capacity is 4.5 million litres
Secondary sludge digestion tanks
Sewage works main pumping station
View inside underground pump well
Final effluent re-cycle pumps
Exterior view of sludge press house
Interior view of sludge press house with two 80 chamber sludge filter presses
A new laboratory at the sewage treatment works
Dual fuel gas / oil engines sited at the works to generate electricity from the sludge produced methane gas
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