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Scottish Water
Seafield Odour Improvement Plan
4 June 2010

On the horizon

Veolia Water UK is continuing to install covers on critical parts of the Seafield
Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) as promised, as part of odour
mitigation measures to meet the requirements of the WRc recommended
abatement measures.

Installation of the weir covers on the Primary Settlement Tanks is well underway and the installation team is
currently working on the weir covers for the second tank.

Installation of high level pipe work has also recently begun, making visitors to the
site even more aware of the scale of the project.



Meet the Partners

The stakeholders met Alex McTear, Veolia Project Manager, and the project team once again. As well as receiving the
latest update on the progress of the project, key stakeholders also had a
tour of the latest works.

Committee Chair Kenny MacAskill, MSP (pictured left) was particularly impressed by progress at the
plant:

"The upgrade of Seafield WWTW has been a long time coming.  No doubt, residents will be encouraged to hear that the project
is progressing and running to schedule.

Of course, there is still some distance to travel and I appreciate that there may continue
to be difficulties while the works are carried out.   However,
hopefully, the upgrade will provide a lasting solution to a long
standing problem"
            
On schedule

The multi million pounds project to address odour issues at the Seafield WWTW remains on schedule. Construction of the inlet works is running
smoothly and is due for completion in November 2010, while the odour
improvement project is scheduled for completion by the late spring of
2011.

It will still be necessary for the local authority to monitor the facility for a period following the completion of the works,
to ensure that the project is working satisfactorily in addressing
odour issues in the Leith area.


On the road

Veolia and Scottish Water have received praise from key local
stakeholders regarding the recent roadshow held at Ocean Terminal.

Speaking about the day, local councillor Marjorie Thomas said:

"It was good to see such a good turnout of officials taking the Seafield Project
to the public. So far progress has been good and communication very
good."

It was important for Scottish Water and Veolia Water to engage with the wider Leith public in order to ascertain the variety of
views held by local customers. Feedback forms were given to shoppers,
and they were encouraged to express their opinions on the Seafield
Project.

For children passing through the shopping centre with their parents there was the opportunity to win a bike. The prize winner,
drawn by Kenny MacAskill MSP, was Mrs Pentony from Leith.

The latest news on Seafield WWTW is available at www.scottishwater.co.uk/seafield.