Serving the Community

Good morning,

I’m contacting you today to let you know about some upcoming environmental work we have planned in your area.

We’re committed to protecting your local environment and serving our communities. That’s why, this year, we’ve invested £11.5 million into 13 river projects in our region to boost local wildlife habitats, water levels and our ability to tackle droughts.

One of the projects we’ve invested in is near you. We’re doing some work to make sure that the Skitter Beck is less likely to dry out during long spells of warm, dry weather and maintain a thriving home for wildlife.

We’ll dig a narrow shaft in the ground (also known as a borehole) at our existing pumping station and then install new pipework between the borehole and the beck at the back of the WTW. This will allow us to pump groundwater from an area where there’s lots to where it’s needed most. During the drier months, this will support the beck and encourage flora and fauna to flourish.

We’ll start work on 05 August and if everything runs smoothly, we’ll be finished in October 2024. You can see where we’re working on the map below.

When we’re doing work like this there’s always likely to be some disruption for residents, and we want to thank the whole community in advance for bearing with us while we work.

You may more of our vehicles around while we’re working, and it might be a little noisier than normal. But don’t worry, all our work will happen during usual working hours, and we’ll always do our best to keep disruption to a minimum.

None of our work will affect your services at home so you can continue to use your facilities as normal.

We’ve recently completed another project at this WRC.

Phosphorous is a chemical widely used in soaps and cleaning products, but it can be harmful to wildlife in our waterways. So, to tackle this, we upgraded our water recycling centre.

We installed new equipment to strengthen the current water treatment process and we can now 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.

You can find out more by visiting anglianwaterproject.com/Kirmington We’ll update the information online with the latest or if there’s any changes to our plans.

If you’ve got any questions or feedback about our work, you can call us on 03457 145 145 or email us at onealliancecustomers@anglianwater.co.uk.