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Lowestoft WasteWater
Treatment Centre at Corton, has evolved as a result of the
requirement under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
Until now, after basic
screening, Lowestoft sewage has been discharged through a variety of sea
outfalls up to 1 Kilometre long from Ness Point.
Ness Point is the most
easterly point on the British Isles. The new scheme includes for the
base flow after screenings, grit and grease removal to be pumped to the
new treatment facility at Corton. |
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The
site was selected after intensive environmental studies and
consultations with the public. A brown field location was chosen being
the site of an erstwhile holiday camp.
Anglian Water's "Flagship" works is housed almost entirely within a dome
with triple containment of process equipment for the benefit of odour
control.
The
dome itself is an ellipse measuring 160 x 130m, with a plan area of
14,361 square metres. The aluminium roof has a surface area of 14,534
square metres and is supported by a tubular steelwork frame weighing 540
Tonnes. |
Aerial View of the works taken March 2001 |
