6th. March 2021
Installation of the plant and making good is completed. The site has been tidied up and the car park swept.
All that remains is to place a permanent fence around the plant and to level the topsoil to allow the grass to recover.
It will be necessary some time in the future to revisit the area to make good any subsidence.
4th. March 2021
Pipework completed, electrical wiring installed and connected. The plant is switched on and working.
Final tidying up and spreading some topsoil.
3rd. March 2021
Packing around the plant with concrete was completed, the trench for the treated water dischage pipe pulled and the sample chamber (for checking the quality of the discharge) was fitted.
The site had a bit of a tidy up too.
2nd. March 2021
Today the excavation for the plant was completed to the full depth (around 4.0m).
A bed of concrete was laid for the plant base and the plant lowered into the hole.
The foul drain inlet pipe to the plant was fitted.
More concrete was packed around the tank, which had been filled with 2000 gallons of water to prevent it from floating up.
Tomorrow further concrete will be packed around the plant, the trench for the clean water discharge pulled and the discharge pipe installed.
1st. March 2021
Today work was started to install a new sewage treatment plant for the village hall.
Friday of last week some preparatory work, primarily a survey to locate any existing underground services, took place ready for work to commence in earnest after the weekend.