Sandy Lane, Chester
Overview
Works begin in January 2024. Estimated completion in 12 months.
Severn Trent Water is laying a new water pipe from Huntington Water Treatment Works to Boughton Water Treatment Works. It's being installed to ensure over 100,000 Chester customers have clean drinking water.
OFWAT, the water industry regulator, issued Severn Trent with a direction to reduce the number of customers dependant on a single source of supply for their water. The population of 101,102 people in Chester is currently solely reliant on Boughton Water Treatment Works (WTW) for their water supply. In an emergency event at Boughton WTW suffering a sudden failure for an extended period, those customers would be without water.
The proposed solution is to connect United Utilities' Huntington WTW's to Severn Trent's Boughton WTW. This involves a 3km, pipeline.
The initial work involves several other utilities moving their existing services to make room for the new pipe.
Road closures will be in place during the works.
