Location: Muir of Ord, Scotland

Client:       North of Scotland Water Authority

Type:        Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility

Value:       £1.0M Lump Sum Turnkey Contract

Date:        Commissioned May 2001

Project Description:

The project comprises the design, construction, procurement and commissioning of a new 6,300 p.e. wastewater treatment plant for the town of Muir of Ord to meet European UWWTD and Bathing Water / Bathing Beach legislation. The project provides increased environmental quality to the Moray Firth and local bathing beaches.

Features of the project include a new inlet pumping station and preliminary treatment with 6mm screening and grit removal, storm tank, two 16 m diameter CASS™ SBR process basins (with removable aeration grids), sludge thickening and storage, and fully automated plant controls (telemetry, PLC / MCC control).