Water supplier Essex and Suffolk Water is holding the event at the Fromus Centre in Street Farm Road, Saxmundham on November 5 between 3.30pm and 7.30pm to discuss the Suffolk Water Recycling, Transfer, Recycling and Storage Project (SWRTS).
The SWRTS is part of the company’s long-term plan to secure reliable water supplies for Suffolk and will include a new Advanced Water Recyling Plant in Lowestoft and two new storage reservoirs near Sibton Green and Eye.
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As part of the project, pipelines will be buried underground to connect to the Saxmundham water tower near Seaman Avenue, as well as Lowestoft, Barsham, Sibton Green and Eye.
Water recycling uses advanced treatment technology to turn highly treated waste water into purified recycled water.
The water will pass through several treatment stages before being released, including filtration and reverse osmosis, which is a water purification process that uses a semi-permeable membrane to remove contaminants.
Treated water will go to the Lowestoft plant to be purified before travelling to the River Waveney to mix with river water and then on to a plant at Barsham before entering the drinking water network.
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In a post on its Facebook page, Saxmundham Town Council said: “Yet another major infrastructure project is proposed for Saxmundham.
“The SWRTS project could see new pipeline corridors from the town’s water tower.”
The town is already being targeted for energy infrastructure projects associated with power firm National Grid’s plans to bring electricity onshore from offshore wind farms.
A new converter station 26 metres high is set to be built at Saxmundham to receive cabling, including the so-called Sea Link interconnector carrying power between Suffolk and Kent.