CONTRACTORS working for Scottish Water are set to start work on the construction of a large storm water chamber in the grassed area at the foot of Brandon Street, Dunoon.

The chamber will contain an overflow screen which will operate in periods of heavy rainfall and the screen will minimise the environmental impact of storm overflow discharges in storm conditions to East Bay.
This work by Scottish Water’s contractors GMJV will start as they continue to make progress on other parts of the Dunoon Waste Water Improvements Scheme, which is expected to cost about £34m and be completed in late 2011.
The work at Brandon Street is expected to be completed in about three months.

The same contractors have just started work at Holy Loch where they are installing a pumping station with an attached Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO), or storm overflow, at the Holy Loch Caravan Park at Hafton. This work will also be completed in about three months.
The work at Brandon Street and Holy Loch will form part of a chain of seven pumping stations which will pump sewage from the top of Holy Loch to the Dunoon Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) being constructed at Bullwood.
At West Bay, which will be the biggest pumping station in the chain, work has begun on a shaft which will collect sewage before it is pumped to the WWTW.

Contractors are also excavating a well in rock at the East Bay pumping station adjacent to Coal Pier and have started construction of sewers and a pumping station at Ardnadam.
At the site of the new WWTW at Bullwood, contractors Black & Veatch, have started the construction stage and recently laid the foundations for structures which will form part of the WWTW.
Mr Doug Fowler, the project manager, said: “We are continuing to make good progress with this key environmental project for Dunoon and are pleased to have started the work at Holy Loch and to be starting the work in Brandon Street.
“Our construction activity is now in full swing on the chain of pumping stations and likewise at the site of the new Waste Water Treatment Works, where we successfully completed the largest of our concrete pours.”

The West Bay works have resulted in some complaints about construction noise. Jane McKenzie, Scottish Water’s regional community manager, said: “This work, which will be completed shortly, has caused some noise disruption and we would like to thank customers for their patience and understanding.”

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